Isn't it funny...

[Bex]

I've had my allotment a couple of weeks now and am slowly getting to grips with the weeds but isn't it funny how everyone I know has offered help next summer with harvesting but not one person has offered to help now with the hard work.

[Squirrel]

Needs to be written into helpers manual - Rule 1 - You WILL help to clear weeds prior to helping eat the stuff! Bit like having a liquor cabinet and when you lock it the 'friends' all disappear!

[ChrisB]

The story of the Little Red Hen springs to mind. Probably showing my age

[Alison]

My grandad was a very keen gardener but in his later years couldn't manage his garden so well. He always had a deal with his friends and neighbours that they were very welcome to harvest his prolific soft fruit so long as they balanced it out by doing a bit of weeding too - pretty good deal considering the price of rasberries in the shops!

[kirsty b]

Know that feeling, my in-laws all find it reaonably entertaining that I want an allotment so that I can grow my own, but as my OH says, it won't be quite so amusing when they are getting free veg. Having said that though, if it wasn't for one of my sisters-in-law I wouldn't have known how to apply for a privately run allotment and would still be languishing on the council waiting list, which I was warned is very long.
Kirsty

[rustylady]

Do what my son did - Invite some friends to a garden party. When they turn up hand them the tools, show them what to do and let them get on with it, with the promise of a barbie when they've finished. Mind you, he's a cheeky so and so (wonder where he gets it from)

[JazzDuke]

With respect, you shouldn't really expect help.

[Bex]

I don't expect help JazzDuke, it was just an observation.

[Alison]

Still doesn't seem unreasonable to expect people to help if they expect to get free veg.

[OverWyreGrower]

I've told my mum that if she comes over for a couple of weekends to weed (she loves weeding ) that she can have a "pick your own" session when everything is ready to be harvested

[HappyMouffe]

My hubby loves the digging but isn't really interested in the produce. He did make me promise not to grow curly kale, which he considers "cow food". If the veg survive the pests, disease and weather I think I'll be giving the stuff away at work, as there's only 2 of us.