My new project.

[Geodude]

Nice plan Lou. Mmm fresh fruit and veggies every day lucky so and so. Is it local walking distance or a drive away? My allotments are over the bleeding road but no chance of getting one, used to pinch strawberries through the fence when i was a kid hehe.

[maviczap]

Good work Dizz

My wife had an an allotment and had a similar task of clearing weeds etc, she did a bit, with the help of friends and got it cleared up.

It's not for me, I'm in the same camp as Peg, I'll build things, but weeding & hard labour isn't for me Plus working away a lot, meant I din't have the time either.

She gave it up, as she'd started another project & there just wasn't the time to keep it in order.

But good on you, my Grandad was a very keen gardener and I still remember eating fresh carrots & spuds. Yum

[Bibio]

doing well Diz keep it up. wish i could do it but the nearest one to me is about 3 miles and i really cant be out the house. BTW Rhubarb is good for other things other than eating

[dizzyblonde]

And what would that be Bibster?

Geo, its a couple of streets away, walking distance, but because theres so much to do, and no storage at the moment, I'm using the car for now. Getting a flat back truck into there with all the wood was errmmmm interesting over the weekend.
Mav, I grew up spending weekends in my grandparents garden, at the top was their own personal allotment, it was so big. We used to pick anything and everything from raspberries, strawberries and goosegogs, to peas. My grandad used to sit in front of the battered greenhouse, with his holey shirt on with a fag hanging from his gob, usually doing something with mucky fingers. Going there in jam season is a wonderful memory, every single shelf possible in the larder and above the stairs was filled with jars of the stuff. The kitchen always smelled sublime

Went down this evening, very quickly.......came back coz it was a mudbath

Ooh gardening, yuk! But if its your thing then im sure youll spend many happy hours there and get much satisfaction. Im sure the kids will love being up there, I know mine would

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Mav, . My grandad used to sit in front of the battered greenhouse, with his holey shirt on with a fag hanging from his gob, usually doing something with mucky fingers. (

I've similar images of my Grandad in my head.

Just smelling a tomato brings back the smell of his green house

Happy days

[Bibio]

you probably know but, when planting potatoes etc.etc pop a bit of rhubarb in the hole then the potato on top. it keeps the bugs of it till it gets established.

Will be after some tips next year Dizz.

[dizzyblonde]

Well, we'll see how it goes Ralph!
I took my gran there yesterday for approval, and she started going on about something growing next door I've never heard of! Stripped my strawberry patch bare, and rabbled in about how to dig a hole for a big compost heap!

Expert veg grower, she is, and one of the reasons I got it in the first place. It's somewhere she can sit with me, in peace and relax, whilst ordering me around and passing on her wealth of knowledge. We also have a communal pond and wildlife garden onsite, with BBQ area.
I dug out a big patch yesterday, but today I've been occupied in my other project...... The Dizzy manshed!! Pics of that to follow too
Off down on Sunday with my parents to dig out the rest, and start off some bean beds

Nice Lou
Mandy's dad has just given up his allotment due to ill health but he loved it for over 40 years. Like gold they are, so hard to get hold of,, his rent was about 15 quid a year I think! You further north so probably pay
8p per annum eh??

All the best with it, better than the gym

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