Hello , me and my wife are up there early , Allotment that is , for Water Duty , this mean being available in the morning to contact a hose reel and fill up water cubes or tubes
I'm then off to watch football and my good lady is going to give our storage shed a 2nd coat of stain and stain some new gate posts
Have had my allotment for just over a year, cleared most of it, and grown lots of different things to see which grows best. Get loads of good advice from other allotmenteers, and swap goodies. It was great finding out if the currants were red,white or black, and have gorgeous apples.
I asked the council (who own the land) if I could have the other half of my plot as it wasn't being worked,and the person renting it left it until the very last day before termination of contract ,to go and pull up brambles and put down plastic. But not plant anything. So next year I assume I shall have to clear their brambles off my plot again.
I pay £40 for half a plot, but there is water supplied,and I don't have to pay for my shed,so it is definitely more cost effective than going to the gym.
It feels like I am in the middle of the countryside, with just the birds singing and bees buzzing,but really I am in suburbia.
Anyone watch GW last night? What a fantastic guy 'Caral' was and what a beautiful allotment he kept! If TV showed more happy gardeners like him and less lemon-faced politicians and so-called 'celebrities' it would be worth watching for more than 30 minutes a week.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Suburbshrub your site sounds almost like mine! There are two main roads surrounding mine but you'd never know. It's like my own little bit of countryside, five minutes from my front door I pay the same for the same. A lady has taken on the plot behind me, and I've only met her once but first impression is that she won't be there for long, she seemed pretty clueless... Add in that she turned up with a scythe and was wearing flip flops
Bob I thought that guy Carol was brilliant, and what he'd done with his plot was fab
I've just picked up a lean-to greenhouse for my plot
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Ginagibbs - enjoy your time at your plot and take pics for us to see, remember bit by bit do not over do it too much
Will do
Hope the weather will be with you for all going to the allotments
And make note how many hours you are up there for what you have done
Hello , me and my wife are up there early , Allotment that is , for Water Duty , this mean being available in the morning to contact a hose reel and fill up water cubes or tubes
I'm then off to watch football and my good lady is going to give our storage shed a 2nd coat of stain and stain some new gate posts
always something to do
having to think about autumn planting
What colour stain GWRS?
plastic water bottle good to fill with water, I do when my water butt is full
Green , specially chosen because it was on offer
Have had my allotment for just over a year, cleared most of it, and grown lots of different things to see which grows best. Get loads of good advice from other allotmenteers, and swap goodies. It was great finding out if the currants were red,white or black, and have gorgeous apples.
I asked the council (who own the land) if I could have the other half of my plot as it wasn't being worked,and the person renting it left it until the very last day before termination of contract ,to go and pull up brambles and put down plastic. But not plant anything. So next year I assume I shall have to clear their brambles off my plot again.
I pay £40 for half a plot, but there is water supplied,and I don't have to pay for my shed,so it is definitely more cost effective than going to the gym
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It feels like I am in the middle of the countryside, with just the birds singing and bees buzzing,but really I am in suburbia.
Anyone watch GW last night? What a fantastic guy 'Caral' was and what a beautiful allotment he kept! If TV showed more happy gardeners like him and less lemon-faced politicians and so-called 'celebrities' it would be worth watching for more than 30 minutes a week.
Suburbshrub your site sounds almost like mine! There are two main roads surrounding mine but you'd never know. It's like my own little bit of countryside, five minutes from my front door
I pay the same for the same. A lady has taken on the plot behind me, and I've only met her once but first impression is that she won't be there for long, she seemed pretty clueless... Add in that she turned up with a scythe and was wearing flip flops 
Bob I thought that guy Carol was brilliant, and what he'd done with his plot was fab
I've just picked up a lean-to greenhouse for my plot