Signs of early spring. ? notice crocus just pocking through the soil.

alan refail wrote:OH
Very tasty, if a little chewy (old bird). I'll casserole the next ones. But plenty of bones to reroast tomorrow to make a great soup.

Primrose
You have to kill 'em to cook 'em, though these days my son does it.

A slow cooker might be a good investment.

Happy Birthday Diane.

Does anyone cultivate their land by hand, without any expensive electric tools? First I have to remove a lot of grass, but after that I'm using a cultivating hand tool (I have one on a stick) to loosen up the soil. With us moving to a house with garden, I am gonna have to buy all the necessary gard...

Me also.

Happy New Year from Shallotman.

Robo. See you put the kettle on first. A man after my own heart.

Clive. Re strawberry's. many moons ago speaking to a plotholder on another site, who always ran the mower over his strawberry bed, and never planted fresh stock, said it worked for him. I have chickened out of using the mower, but use shears instead. Seems to work.

robo wrote:If he comes every year I would tend to leave him some sandwiches and leave him a note asking if he fancied sleeping there regularly for a feed stops one worrying about break ins

And he will find a fork in the shed, should he feel like a bit of digging.

Digging is impossible here on our clay due to the volume of rain we've had. I've made things worse for myself by managing to do a prat fall walking the dogs! Caught my toe on a manhole cover, tangled my legs and did an eight point landing, heel of palms, elbows, knees and feet. Some of the impact w...

And what would we do without OH reminding us of Birthdays.

Stephen. He has all mod cons.

Tend to go down to the plot three times a week. These days it is to have a cup of tea and biccys in a fellow plotholders greenhouse, normally putting the world to rights. This week the ground looking a bit like the Somme. Merry Xmas to all and wishing you all a good growing season.

robo wrote:I would not care if he was a stupid lad but he is an intelligent young man ,he was probably thinking of a certain stupid girl who is chasing him

These young ladies' have a lot to answer for.

Monika. A man after my own heart.