I went along to the Big house today, and said to the owners, "we won't see anymore wet weather for a couple of weeks"......I had only been home about haf an hour and we had nearly an hour of hail and rain.....and yes, my ears were burning... :) Similar thing here this afternoon, started w...

Friends whose boys have now left home decided to cease growing veg at home and asked if I would be interested in three raised beds. Borrowed a decent trailer after lining up another friend to help and benefit. So now I have six garden sleepers approx eight foot long each, my friend has about two ton...

Meet the newest member of the family.
The 35kg resident German Shorthaired Pointer is thoroughly intimidated by her, lay in the car for four hours with his bum to her.Runs away when she walks towards him.

Just when i start to think, "It hasn't rained today, the winds drying the soil a bit, I might be able to do some more digging tomorrow.." what happens?

It ****ing well starts raining and doesn't stop.......

Happy birthday.

peter wrote:.....Hoping the allotment might be dry enough to do some more digging tomorrow.

Overnight rain!

Shallot Man wrote:Started to clear out my dung heap. Noticed last years tea-bags are still in prime condition. made me wonder what the bags are made of.

Plastic mesh.

Got a few weeks of peace and quiet, wife and daughter are abroad in the antipodes. Saturday was airport delivery day followed by a heaving rugby club where the 1st's stuffed Cambridge 24-6. Sunday allotment Shop, dog walking and chores. Monday a fifteen mile walk and got caught by a stupendously col...

Found out last night my favourite seed merchant is no more.
Edwin Tuckers ceased trading end of 2017.

Not if the plants you grew were F1 hybrids.

I'm sure he'd have let you down gently.

So sad to hear of your loss.

Pa Snip will be missed here.

Peter. That looks like good solid clay. You could set up a pottery business there! I guess that needs an awful lot of frost or digging to break down. Impessive stuff, Peter, a couple of frosts would be rather handy to crumble the clods, for you. Fortunately for me when the soil dries a bit I are mo...

A couple of good allotment sessions sees twelve foot by thirty foot dug over, the darker right hand part. Some of it shielded by wood chip and carpet was so wet you could mould pottery by hand.