I don't think there is a plot on our allotment that is not growing surplus plants donated by another plot holder I know I've got Leeks and broccoli donated while I've given away marrows ,cabbage ,broccoli, and other varieties of Leeks than I received

I'd save it for the Chelsea flower show next year it will look nice with a pile of rocks round it

Not a nice day today raining most of the time but it is needed ,windy and cool funny thing is we never got a yellow warning

I think you are right pa snip I don't think this variety grow very big Billy no mates has not grown any larger for the last two weeks it seems stuck on 17 inches long

I'm not talking about a few weeds that can be pulled out in a few minutes ,I recently dug my early spuds up six rows roughly twelve spuds per row ,half way through I had a barrow full and over two feet height pilled on the top this is after spending most of spring going round singing weeds with a ga...

There is a few of us on the allotment that have agreed we will not use horse muck anymore , the allotment has a bad case of horses tails we just can't eradicate them after talking to members of another allotment who have banned horse manure for the amount of weeds it brings in some of us are doing l...

Tigerburnie ,if it was just myself and my wife we would do the same but we have Ben our sheep dog ,there is not many places that would allow dogs especially ones that continuously leave hair everywhere that apart he is a great dog on top of that I'm not keen on kennels and both my other daughters wo...

Spooky ,I've just been through the same mill myself ,at present my wife is not allowed to fly we have a small place in Spain it's half way up a mountain well away from holiday makers we need to get there even if it's just to sell it ,I thought a motor home would be ideal a slow trip through France w...

Bloody bell OH I struggle doing 14 hours work a week

I hope nobody was hurt peter

She's a bit slow Diane ,she would not stand a chance against my wife and her rolling pin

I have 2 lockable knives down the plot I very often carry a knife with a seven inch blade when I'm going sea fishing, this is a discussion we have had at our fishing club the consensus was that you had to be able to prove why you are carrying a dangerous weapon in my case it is in a fishing tackle b...

I tried it with mine she moaned for three hours it's not worth it I nearly got done for murder

We had a lot of strawberries this year over 25 pounds the first lot after eating our fill I made jam with them and had a similar problem it was runny this I returned to the pan and left uncovered for over a day meanwhile my eldest turned up so I gave her the next batch of strawberries she made jam w...

Pentland javelin and rocket were really good ,Aran I won't be bothering with again very disappointing the largest were the pentland