Many thanks for the good wishes. I'm officially old today Been busy getting the garden under control this year, after my little scare last year. It sort of got left to its own devices as I was concentrating on the allotment. Still, I feel pretty fit these days, so it must have worked It's 8 months n...

Hi OH,

We were expecting you and even arranged the Lydd carnival in your honour

I'm sure we could have found you a few jobs on the allotment site

oldherbaceous wrote:Breautiful morning here this morning, been picking veg like a man possesed.

Forgot how quiet and peaceful Milton Bryant was!...until i get up that is...

Evenin' OH,

How was your Kentish trip? I trust you enjoyed our weather.
We finally had some rain today

Happy Birthday Peter

Keep dry on your dog walk

I've just got back from 2 weeks in Madeira, where the parks are being watered with hosepipes Warm and sunny all the time, with Monarch butterflies and various dragonflies in abundance. We even went past a small allotment site, which looked very well stocked. Just the odd cabbage white fluttering aro...

Belated congratulations Alan A friend of mine has just been invited to a wedding. No presents please, just financial donations to fund our year long trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. I won't put on here what she said about that We hit 40 years later in the summer. Our little terraced house in Sevenoaks ...

and why do worms make their way up to the topmost part of a polytunnel?

Quite often see them from inside. Far too many to be dropped by birds

A lot of black-ice out on the roads this morning, i suppose this will catch out those who are late for everything. Quite a frost here this morning as well. Everything is calm at the moment, although the clouds are building up again. Went down the plot this morning and had a look around the site. Mu...

Hi Touchstone, welcome to the forum

Belated Happy Birthday from me too

Hope you had a great day

Very strong winds here again and rain to come later.

Just had a very bracing walk along the seafront. Walking at a 45 deg angle is the norm in these parts don't you know

Geoff wrote:Thanks - I found that one after I posted, all a matter of what you ask Google. Won't be long before there is a Googling GCSE.

I thought you had to pass that before you could move on to 'A' levels

Hi Gerry,

So sorry to hear that. We lost our parsons jack russell back in May and we still miss him.

We thought about not getting another dog, but we rescued a Shih Tzu at the end of August and haven't regretted it one bit.

Geoff wrote:Question from my sister.
Anybody know a source of expanded polystyrene module trays?
I don't use them but can't seem to find them anywhere for her.

Some here Geoff

http://www.pottyinnovations.co.uk/seed-trays.html#.UsLrvrQgiM1

Happy New Year to everybody from me as well

Whether your plot is large or small, I hope you have the best ever crops this year