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  • #31
    Still sulkin over here ya know!!!
    Vive Le Revolution!!!
    'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
    Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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    • #32
      Im sulking with her, Loudly!
      WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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      • #33
        Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
        And well you deserve them, that is a very admirable thing you are doing there hun
        Poor chap, he's had the plot for 30 years, and was distraught about the state it was getting in What would you do? And of course, it benefits us too, not entirely altruistic

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        • #34
          we have 2 plots,each 1 is aprox 20 x 132 ish feet,last year it was 1,this year the two,have a lot of things to organise yet,like a polytunnel/green house,using the recycling things given,and scrounged,just to name 1 thing,i am the gardener and DH has been doing the heavier work like,collecting large pallets,moving the larger things around,and loads of backup and support,when or what ever i need.
          sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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          • #35
            Those of you with more than one, how do you manage? Do you have full time jobs as well? I only have my back garden and can spend hours out there in the evenings and at weekends. I don't know how I'd manage if I had to travel to tend my veg.
            pjh75

            We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed. (Neil, The Young Ones)

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            • #36
              Having started off with 'growing at home', and then WHOOPPEE! Trousers and I got an Allotment about 10 minutes' drive from home. It was fantastic for 'Low Maintenance Vegetables' that we didn't need to tend on a daily basis, and the extra space, for that reason alone, was well worth the annual rental of �12, so all of our 2008 Brassicas, Butternuts, Sweetcorn, 2nd lot of Borlotti Beans and Onions went up there, amongst others.

              I think that everyone should have access to an allotment if they want one.
              Our allotment is probably only half the size of 'normal' allotments, and it has been the most fantastic experience.
              With moving on to pastures new now, we're handing our allotment over to new people - as you would....

              Each to their own, naturally, but personally, I have taught myself in the process, that I much prefer being able to just 'pop outside' for what I want to cook with in my kitchen. So therefore, I'm of the 'Grow At Home' Brigade (if room allows).

              I truly admire allotment-holders. I'd be constantly saying to Trousers "Bugger it - I forgot to dig up the ruddy leeks?" and I'd spend more on Unleaded than Biodynamic Vegetable Seed..... (see Gardeners' Rest 'run with that one' children!!)

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              • #37
                Originally posted by wellie View Post

                Each to their own, naturally, but personally, I have taught myself in the process, that I much prefer being able to just 'pop outside' for what I want to cook with in my kitchen. So therefore, I'm of the 'Grow At Home' Brigade (if room allows).

                I truly admire allotment-holders. I'd be constantly saying to Trousers "Bugger it - I forgot to dig up the ruddy leeks?" and I'd spend more on Unleaded than Biodynamic Vegetable Seed..... (see Gardeners' Rest 'run with that one' children!!)
                I'd love to be able to grow more stuff in the garden, but I don't own this house, and I got 'chuntered at' when I broached the idea of digging up the lawn Anyway I'm very lucky, our allotments are literally at the bottom of the road, so if I've forgotten anything, I can be there and back in 10 mins. If I had to drive there, I think I'd be like you Wellie and just use it for the lower maintenance stuff. But, as it is, I walk past it every single day, doing the school run & walking the dog. So it's easier to keep on top of everything, and even if my HMS is playing up there's always one job or another that I can manage (usually hoeing ) or I just make a brew and sit watching the birds, and planning!

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                • #38
                  Me none - though the community side would appeal, it would be unfair of me considering what we have here.
                  Hayley B

                  John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'

                  An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for life

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                  • #39
                    One for me also. Work stops me from getting another at the present time, although i must admit, it is tempting to get another just for the fruit and cut flowers.
                    "He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart"

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                    • #40
                      I have 1/2 a plot, sometimes wish I had more space but realistically I don't think I'd be able to manage more.
                      Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

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                      • #41
                        None, but I just signed up for a half - about a years wait on it they reckon.

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                        • #42
                          Joins BrideXIII on the 'It's not fair sofa'

                          Have only just joined a HUGE waiting list.

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