No work on the allotment until this has disappeared.....

Too wet to dig

I have taken to digging a small ditch along the edges of the beds as a means to stop the couch grass growing back into the beds (not 100% successful but it helps). But as the plot is on a slope, the ditches are now just holding water.

The ditch in the photo is running left to right along the slope, rather than down it. But it has given me the idea that I should create ditches from the top of the plot to the bottom so that water runs off more easily. It would run off into some trees so it won't bother any other plot holders and the trees would hopefully soak up the water. Hmmm.... something to think about?