One of the reasons why I can spend so much time on the allotment is the fact that my back garden looks after itself – well, almost! It took a long time to get it to this state but it was worth the wait.

The pond and the greenhouse take up quite a bit of the space and the rest is planted with perennial plants or bushes, shrub and climbing roses, clematis and where there might be a space that gets filled with bulbs. There are plants and bulbs in pots too.