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Evening Codger, i'm afraid to say you are a little mistaken, while you were entertaining the homehelp, i was busy digging. I finished just as it got dark, but you would know that, as you were escorting the young lady to her car, as i was exiting the allotment gates

Evening Geoff, i don't know how big a job your sheeting up is, but i was wondering if you could uncover it on a windy or sunny day, then cover it back over again!

oldherbaceous wrote:Evening Codger, i'm afraid to say you are a little mistaken, while you were entertaining the homehelp, i was busy digging. I finished just as it got dark, but you would know that, as you were escorting the young lady to her car, as i was exiting the allotment gates

We'll OH I think my job of entertaining was a lot more exciting than your hard work digging ,never mind I will be over there doing my bit of digging tomorrow weather permitting.

No digging today Codger, that is wet over there.

Just to make you smile though, i got caught in that torrential rain, coming home after working at my Mums. Thought you would be pleased.

It is possible OH but it is a bit of a pain moving the breeze blocks, paving slabs and lumps of wood that I use to weigh it down. Didn't realise I had the camera at such a strange angle! It hailed then snowed just after I took it.

I didn't manage any digging, but I did barrow some manure form the community heap onto my rhubarb & strawberry patches. the heap was a bit squishy, and in some places quite revolting, but the sun was out, and it wasn't too bad.

How do you manage on a slope like that Geoff!!!

John

retropants wrote:I didn't manage any digging, but I did barrow some manure form the community heap onto my rhubarb & strawberry patches. the heap was a bit squishy, and in some places quite revolting, but the sun was out, and it wasn't too bad.

I'm confused now.
To me what you have described is the antithesis of "well-rotted".
Does it not matter for rhubarb and strawberries?

It is well rotted, I dug around underneath, where it was all black and very squishy from all the rain!

I suppose it was a bit silly, this better?