What's happening to the forum?

[oldherbaceous]

I do think if the regular members, old and new, are all busy at the same time it does have a bit of a snowball effect. No new postings, no new replies, if you see what i mean.

It would be very interesting indeed, to know if any new members to the forum have any thoughts on the forum set-up.
And i do know from experience, that the first posting can be a bit nerve racking, so we will be gentle.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear glallotments, you are quite right about having to guess whether someone is male or female, my dear fellow.

[Catherine]

Dear OH I know you are always kind and gentle with people I have never come across anyone on this site who is not kind and helpful in their replies. Which is more than can be said of other websites.

[Monika]

I like your poem, OH, particularly in view of time of day it was written on a SUNDAY morning!

I agree that a bit of extra publicity in the magazine might help to get some more members. As I don't use the computer every day, by the time I see a topic, it's quite often "gone off the boil". So, although I don't always join in, I love reading everything!

[Arnie]

Hi All

I am always here lurking in the background I have to admit that I do not post as much as I should I must vist the site at least 6 times a day and love reading whats happening around the country and further afield

Best Wishes & Kind Regards

Kevin

[peter]

Following nearly six rainless weeks the Hertfordshire clay has pretty much set, even the more energetic (and larger) members up at the rugby club cannot get the well tended pitch to "accept a stud", you will understand therefore that I cannot even get my pointy american/irish/cornish spade in the ground, not even when little 20st me jumps up and down on it.

So other than harvesting squash I haven't done any real gardening for weeks.

Installed two notice boards at a couple of allotment sites, but a post hole auger works even in dry clay, thank heavens. Other than that I've been experiencing life as Team Manager for my son's U16 rugby side, grappling with registration, fixtures, websites, etc...

[Clive.]

....sand blasted by the blowing Lincolnshire dust....Spring Cabbages wait to be moved from seed bed to garden....not much garden progress at home here..

..and our new Sainsburys has Sussex Sweetcorn reduced to 50p for 2 cobs...must put out a note to tell our Badgers...They have left enough messages for us


Clive.

[peter]

....must put out a note to tell our Badgers...

Had the joy of seeing a live one on Friday night, usually only see them dead by the side of the rod round here.
Last live one I saw must have been around twenty-five years ago when my dog tried picking it up by the bum.
Friday's one trotted across the country lane in my headlights, just after I passed a car going in the opposite direction, then trotted off down a sideroad. Close shave times two.
Their gait is akin to an armadillo, the body unmoving with the paws batting away below, yet moving faster than the visual cues would have you believe.

[donedigging]

I'm still here as well,
ok, I have been lurking, but have also been trying to dig over clay soil that has turned into concrete, no joy,( note to self, put a jack-hammer on Christmas list!) getting concerned about not beening able to plant over-wintering peas now
Please can someone do a rain dance for me

[lizzie]

Well, I have been a busy little soul with one thing and another. Am trying to get the plot ready for winter as I will be out of action for a while when I have my up-coming surgery, so want it all done and sorted out.

I do lurk here quite a lot but I should post up more. Me and Elaine have some fab chats on Facebook, and maybe this site could use a chat facility for everyone to use if they so wish to.

Maybe other people will have thoughts on this idea, especially the techie bod peeps

I love the little dittie Herby, you're a lyrical soul aren't you my little fiend

[oldherbaceous]

I have been giving this a little more thought over night, and i think it's like being with good friends, it doesn't matter if get the odd silence as you know they are still there.

[Catherine]

Exactly OH. I am sitting at my computer looking out at the full moon still in the sky. It looks very beautiful. We have promise of a good day today. We have had a little rain this week so we are going to go and work on the plot to see if we can get some semblance of order. Still got some beans, carrots, beetroot,squashes, leeks and cabbage to pick. Then lots of weeding.

[Chantal]

Now I feel very guilty as I've hardly posted anything for months, sorry.

I do have lots of excuses, not least eye strain from too much boggling at screens at work, so I feel less than inclined to do the same at home, but the main one is getting out of the habit. Once I deliberately took a few weeks break, I found it very hard to get started again, although I have done a fair bit of reading (moderator, it's my job).

As for the allotment, I've done more there in the past few weeks than I've done in the past few months. When Seedling arrived on site yesterday she said I was doing a goldfish impression, as I was so tired I could scarcely speak. A hour or two later and she was the same

Still, the long nights are approaching, so more time to spend on here

[Geoff]

I've delved elsewhere but the one I've been on although it has many posts it has a poor structure and little in depth discussion (and I had most of a post deleted). It makes one almost think GW has got it right with its shallowness and limited attention span. Haven't learnt anything from it, pattern seems to be a beginner asks a question and somebody trots out the standard (book?) answer, no sign of experiment or long term experience. Long live Johnboy!

[John]

I drop in most days to see what's going on but must confess that I have posted hardly anything recently.

John