Tuesday 8th May

Today was a momentous day as I started work on my vegetable plot. It is a long way into the season but I am hopeful of some late crops. I have started to dig over an area of the terraced gardens at the front of the Observatory. This has been the traditional Assistant Warden's garden in the past. I had not realised that digging is actually quite easy with a good fork! People stood around and said it was good to see the island gardens being worked again.