Today I have discovered things in my allotment.
Bad things:
* SO MUCH plastic
* Tons of dead copse snails, probably there is even more live ones
Good things:
* Rhubarb! I was hoping for this and found the first shoots today
* Mature compost ❤️
* Plenty of useful stuff, even tools and netting

Excellent week even though I was sick for the most of it. On tuesday I found out that the person who had my first choice allotment plot changed their mind and cancelled, so I got asked if I want it and of course I did. I now have the plot I fell in love with, hopefully I can do it justice 😍

Made this years first visit to the allotment yesterday to see how fast the snow is melting. About 30cm still, so I'm in no hurry. Mystery plant still unidentified, might be some Verbascum, perhaps thapsus or nigrum.
#allotment #finland

If you see something lovely, repost it! The algorithm is basically us here. It takes a while to get used to not having your attention manipulated so much. #bluesky

-10C today, best Finnish seed catalogues (Hyötykasviyhdistys and Maatiainen) have been published. hyotykasviyhdistys.fi/app/uploads/... and www.maatiainen.fi/arkisto/luet...
Mom wants to "loan" a small patch of my allotment, so we will be ordering together, probably later this week.

It's currently about -18C outside. Can't wait for spring so I am working on the plans for my first allotment. Put some lavender seeds into fridge to cold-stratificate and started sprouting a bit of cress and purslane. Most likely will try to transplant purslane when it sprouts and see what happens.