Zoomer44 spotted one at Lidl too, not had an email back yet
Went to Lidl did some shopping food and got some gardening tools - 2 hand spades, hand double hoe, hand rake, bypass cutters and I got a long handled cultivator which was well sticking out of the trolley looks really good quality may well stain the wooden handle and Korona strawberries 6pk, tools ready for my invisible shed
Also brought the bird house caravan for garden
Spotted Aldi website now shows the gardening stuff which will be in from the 10th March next week
Good day at the plot yesterday, got more horse and chicken muck dug in. Moved my gooseberry bushes as they were in a difficult to get to area (too close to a fence for weeding and harvesting,) I now have all my fruit bushes in a neat row. Planted my garlic in modules as I missed planting them direct last year.
Indoor seedlings are coming on quickly some of my tomatoes and chillies are up already.
Chinese man next door making good progress with his tidy up but he keeps chucking his weeds and unwanted stuff in the hedge!! Will have to polish up my Mandarin and have a word!!!
My tomatoes starting to come up last night and my celery made and appearance on the 1st of March
That was good Ginagibbs is nice and sunny today so may get to the plot also going to sow some more broad beans as winter ones were still in pots and have mainly all gone
Got to sort station out for celebration tomorrow at another station but have to keep ours looking good
Hello , I trimmed my gooseberrys recently and found some branches had rooted , so took the six best and planted them to see if they grow ?
Never realised just how spikey there are , one chap on the site is growing them as a cordons , he saw them at RHS garden at Harllow Carr , will be interested on how he gets on
No more gardening / allotmenteering until next week in Swindon on way to London to celebrate nieces 21st
Well I got a reply back - the new plot holder is also associated with another plot up my end and as long as I inform one of the site reps - so if seen on the plot - the site rep knows
So went to plot checked out things like the rake it is ok - don't need a new one - thought I would check cause of Lidl tool
As I know the toilets get locked up by the site rep - so managed to see the site rep and it was fine to take them back he was like it is not right great site rep, so went took them back they were under a pile of wood pallet collars it was cold and hail stones going on a bit
But they are back on my plot in-between the pallet pile much better
Wyevale will be doing a compost weekend on the 12th and 13th of March and if a garden club member you can get a pair of free gloves
On Saturday went to the celebration, people thought the station garden looked good, I got a white and blue balloon had train cake and got a glitter tattoo
Went to the Allotment shop today and got a free leaflet on growing potatoes and the country garden mag
Then went to go to the plot and there was a parked big lorry/truck (flat bed at back) right into the main bit of grass area way in for parking and I thought not seen that before - saw it from a bit further away
Then thought that must be the new neighbours so I did not want to go to the plot in the end as I took my wood back Friday rather have time there with out them for a bit first - my wood was under pallet collars hope they don't remember or forget about that soon
We went past on the road near they were having a massive bonfire so I would of been stunk out anyway - came home fed birds looked around garden put some of my seed trays in greenhouse as seeds germinated - I have 1 cleome coming up now and tomatoes gone that way
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Zoomer44 spotted one at Lidl too, not had an email back yet
Went to Lidl did some shopping food and got some gardening tools - 2 hand spades, hand double hoe, hand rake, bypass cutters and I got a long handled cultivator which was well sticking out of the trolley looks really good quality may well stain the wooden handle and Korona strawberries 6pk, tools ready for my invisible shed
Also brought the bird house caravan for garden
Spotted Aldi website now shows the gardening stuff which will be in from the 10th March next week
Good day at the plot yesterday, got more horse and chicken muck dug in. Moved my gooseberry bushes as they were in a difficult to get to area (too close to a fence for weeding and harvesting,) I now have all my fruit bushes in a neat row. Planted my garlic in modules as I missed planting them direct last year.
Indoor seedlings are coming on quickly some of my tomatoes and chillies are up already.
Chinese man next door making good progress with his tidy up but he keeps chucking his weeds and unwanted stuff in the hedge!!
Will have to polish up my Mandarin and have a word!!!
My tomatoes starting to come up last night and my celery made and appearance on the 1st of March
That was good Ginagibbs is nice and sunny today so may get to the plot also going to sow some more broad beans as winter ones were still in pots and have mainly all gone
Got to sort station out for celebration tomorrow at another station but have to keep ours looking good
Hello , I trimmed my gooseberrys recently and found some branches had rooted , so took the six best and planted them to see if they grow ?
Never realised just how spikey there are , one chap on the site is growing them as a cordons , he saw them at RHS garden at Harllow Carr , will be interested on how he gets on
No more gardening / allotmenteering until next week in Swindon on way to London to celebrate nieces 21st
Have a good weekend everybody
Well I got a reply back - the new plot holder is also associated with another plot up my end and as long as I inform one of the site reps - so if seen on the plot - the site rep knows
So went to plot checked out things like the rake it is ok - don't need a new one - thought I would check cause of Lidl tool
As I know the toilets get locked up by the site rep - so managed to see the site rep and it was fine to take them back he was like it is not right great site rep, so went took them back they were under a pile of wood pallet collars it was cold and hail stones going on a bit
But they are back on my plot in-between the pallet pile much better
Enjoy Swindon GWRS. London is one of my favourite cities, never tire of going there. There always seems to be something different to do each trip.
We had snow today!
Hoping to get to the plot Sunday morning.
I am hoping Aldi with still have more seed compost when I go back next week as Lidl store I went to had no compost of any sort
Wyevale will be doing a compost weekend on the 12th and 13th of March and if a garden club member you can get a pair of free gloves
On Saturday went to the celebration, people thought the station garden looked good, I got a white and blue balloon had train cake and got a glitter tattoo
Went to the Allotment shop today and got a free leaflet on growing potatoes and the country garden mag
Then went to go to the plot and there was a parked big lorry/truck (flat bed at back) right into the main bit of grass area way in for parking and I thought not seen that before - saw it from a bit further away
Then thought that must be the new neighbours so I did not want to go to the plot in the end as I took my wood back Friday rather have time there with out them for a bit first - my wood was under pallet collars hope they don't remember or forget about that soon
We went past on the road near they were having a massive bonfire so I would of been stunk out anyway - came home fed birds looked around garden put some of my seed trays in greenhouse as seeds germinated - I have 1 cleome coming up now and tomatoes gone that way