Yesterday was a good day for me. Firstly I got my hands on 3 more asparagus plants to finish off the bed. More importantly than that that though, although I may not think that come the spring and lovely asparagus shoots break the surface of the soil, I went to the council buildings with my friend and officially became an allotment holder.

 I have been subletting from a colleague of mine for about 4 years now and I’ve been taking a little bit more ground each year. I have been on the waiting list for about 5 years and have finally made it to the top of that list. My friend has decided that she is going to emigrate (she will be taking her family with her I told) so she asked the allotment office if I could take over and they said yes, which was nice.

 So yesterday we went in to the office for the official hand over. My Lord that was some fussing. 3 signatures were required. It’s only a scruffy bit of land. I needed less signing when I took out a mortgage but hey ho, it’s all mine now.

 Well, when I say all mine, that is a bit of a lie as she isn’t going until May next year but after that it will all be mine. Do I sound like a Bond villain?