A Story and a Thank you!

[susieq100]

I've just read through the whole of this thread .... wow VC ... you have worked your socks off. Well done, you should be proud of yourself and justly so. Love before and after photos - it is so easy to forget what it was like before. One forgets the detail - we only remember that it was 'bad'! So any time you get a bit down-hearted and discouraged, you get out the pics and remind yourself just how far you have come.

[veggiechicken]

Thank you Susie - hope you were sitting comfortably
When I walk down the garden now, I can see the difference and I'm so chuffed! If I hadn't committed myself in public here to clearing it, I doubt that I would have done so much. There's still a lot to do, and some of the cleared patches are growing new weeds but, I'll show the little blighters who's boss
So its thanks to everyone who has encouraged and gently nagged me - keep it up Grapes

[dandalady]

just read all this post - dont know about grapes encouraging you VC - you have certainly encouraged me.

[Dotty Sarah]

Wow, haven't read this thread for a bit, well done VC, you've been a very busy chicken. Keep up the good work. Ermm... did I miss out on the scotch?

[veggiechicken]

just read all this post - dont know about grapes encouraging you VC - you have certainly encouraged me.

Thanks and good luck with your garden/allotment

Wow, haven't read this thread for a bit, well done VC, you've been a very busy chicken. Keep up the good work. Ermm... did I miss out on the scotch?

Will Butterscotch do, Dotty?

[julesapple]

No, I drank it all. Sorry. It was medicinal though. Honest.

[Dotty Sarah]

Will Butterscotch do, Dotty?

Thanks, it's a good start, but may have to crack open the nice bottle of irish whiskey in the cupboard....

[veggiechicken]

Don't let Jules know you have that

[Sheneval]

Hamish Macbeth?

Spot on

[veggiechicken]

Progress report!! I've cleared a patch amongst the weeds and planted potatoes there


It is a lot clearer now than when I took the photos but I thought you'd like the accidental "hands"

[Potstubsdustbins]

Well done yet again.

Looking at pic 2 if the cops see that pic they may well dig your garden for you!!!!! and not to plant spuds either.

Potty

[veggiechicken]

What a good idea Potty I just threw off my gloves to take the photo and they landed like that! Just as well it was only my gloves

[Sheneval]

Progress report!! I've cleared a patch amongst the weeds and planted potatoes there
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It is a lot clearer now than when I took the photos but I thought you'd like the accidental "hands"

For a minute I thought you were indulging in a spot of grave digging

[Hazel at the Hill]

You have a lovely spot there, VC - am I right in saying that nettles growing indicates a good nitrogen rich soil?

Love the idea of an anonymous phone call to the Hedlu reporting buried bodies so that you could gethe patch dug over - or maybe to the local rag saying how you dug up a priceless artifact, you'd have the treasure hunters with their metal detectors and spades there in no time.

Oh! A bonus of the second ploy is that you would get to jump out from behind trees going 'Arrrrrr - shiver me timbers, Jim laaaaaaaaaaad'.

[Feral007]

Lookin' good, VC!
And thanks for the tip about getting the farm dug over............really I should just send someone a surprise free holiday voucher.....and then report them missing :P They'd have the backhoes on the property before I could spit - awesome!