Peter James wrote:
The good news is that my allotment has been allocated to me. The bad
news is that it's in an old cow pasture with the old pasture still in
place. My back is cringing at the thought of all that digging.
Shame I can't afford a rotorvator.

We hire one from the bloke with the allotment next to us. I think it's
about 20 quid for an afternoon, iirc.