I Don't Have One Yet But.....

[Snadger]

Good one Shortie,

I look forward to seeing your new plot. Don't forget , you needa kettle & stove & chairs then if you've got time dig it all over .

The guy on the plot next to me has done that...Hired a joiner to build him a shed...kitted it out with cupboards, wood burning stove and cooking facilities and has never been seen again! Funny old world

[Snadger]

Forgot to mention ...Congratulations shortie.....

[sewer rat]

Shortie
Well done - persistence pays in the end eh ? Mugs of tea all round for visiting grapes ? Or will it be rhubarb schnapps?
Really happy for you mate, you have been on about getting yourself a plot for so long now.

[Squirrel]

Congrats Shortie, hope it brings you hours of enjoyment and many fruitful crops!

[Shortie]

Rhubarb Schnapps and tea, both on offer! I did have to laugh as I found a rhubarb growing on the plot.. I have an absolute monster at home!

Oh, that and a gooseberry bush. It's all I've managed to spot on my fleeting visit today

Cheers for the sweet words guys

[Nicos]

great feeling isn't it??
hope you took your butties and refreshment down there today???
We had a fantastic time on ours today and wonderful nosh tonight...all home grown bar the pig and ice cream
Just a different life eh????

[Peter]

Magic.


Well done that short person.

Do not try and do too much at once, or you'll be laid up and never get it done in time.
Measure it out, mark off 70%, divide it up into chunks that you reckon you can do easily in a day's visit and nibble away one chunk at a time.

[Shortie]

Didn't think of dividing up the 70%, cheers Peter... that way at least I can feel I've achieved one target each time. I invested in a camping gaz thingy a few months back with a flat plate for a frying pan. Bacon butties, here I come! Hoping to strike up a friendship with the new lady next to me, she seems nice. The lady opposite me is lovely too, she has 6 plots!

[Peter]

This week I let three plots from one ten rod an old gent gave up.
Made 3, 3, 4 rod plots.
Went up this evening to redoe the marker posts as one had "evaporated", cut a scaffold pole into two six foot lengths and divided the six rod flat in two. The four is already seperated by a sope with gooseberries on it.
When I got there, the new tenants had already been hard at work.

Lower 3 had started weeding and digging from one corner.
Upper 3 hed scraped all the crap up and cut down the weed growth.

Makes you glad, especially after all the weeds the old boy had been growing in recent years.

[Shortie]

That's good Peter... hopefully starting how they mean to carry on eh? At least it's proven so far your effort to break it up was worth it

[yoanbob]

shortie, hows it going? getting bogged down yet?
try having a lottie day, invite everyone you know who will work, dig out all the weeds cover up the stuff you cant get done this year, and give them beer and bbq after.
we are working shifts both doing 90 odd hours a week with never the same days off and we manage, its so good that i changed my life and job to spend more time there.

[Shortie]

Cheers yoanbob. Hopefully I will be able to start next weekend as I've not been put to commitee yet. But have a few days booked for later in the month to go away.... no more... a few days on the lottie instead!

[HappyMouffe]

Well done Shortie - I now know how you feel as I've just got (subject to signing agreement) a lovely little (but horribly overgrown) half plot this morning.

Hubby will be pleased as he didn't really take to me using red cabbages as edging plants in the herbaceous borders

[dexterdoglancashire]

Good luck for tomorrow!

Fingers, eyes and legs crossed for you tomorrow, Shortie - but you won't need it! Good luck and do let everyone know ASAP when you find out! dexterdog

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hi HM! welcome to the Vine - congrats on getting your lottie - keep us all updated with your progress! You'll find lots of useful advice here on t' Vine! dexterdog
PS when your OH tastes all your fab home grown veg, he will change his mind! mine did - he pulls my leg every so often, but then when I serve him a super meal with all my "own grown" veg - he soon changes his mind!