Halp! I'm allergic to my allotment!

[geoff]

If you have to lug heavy tools there and back each time you're bound to get discouraged Get a shed asap Besides storage it is somewhere to shelter, eat sandwiches, brew tea, plan and daydream Things to keep in a shed are

a table or bench, a chair, a warm, scruffy coat and hat, a pee bucket, a picnic stove, pan, teabags, tins of soup, a washing up bowl or bucket(different to the pee bucket!) soap and towel... and a bottle of whisky?

Send for catalogues from seed and equipment merchants, for ideas and inspiration Protective clothes? Well jeans were supposed to be for work at one time, a cheap pair of hiking boots don't get steel toecaps, you don't need them and they are uncomfortable Try shopping in

Cheaper end camping shops like Millets and Yeomans, charity shops, car boot sale, discount stores like Matalan, Boyes, Wilkes, or agricultural and builders merchants; they're not as pretty as a GC, but cheaper, and I've always found them helpful

It probably took months or years to get in an overgrown state so it's not going to be perfect in a few weeks All you can really do over winter is rough digging and clearing; think of it as getting ready for the spring

[teengrower]

as far as clothing goes could i suggest that you all take a look at snickers workwear it is quite expensive and there are cheaper versions on the market but the origanal is still the best hard wearing fabric with life time stiching gaurantee tradesmen tend to wear them last for years and knee pads go into the trousers there not bulky and are cleverly hadden and when you kneel there always in the right place also masses of pockets and very hard to tear unlike jeans etc around £45.00 for trousers if you shop round the most practical piece of clothing ever and lasts for year

[Madasafish]

Proper gardeners take a waterproof, a sun hat, some alcohol # and a folding chair.

The best gardening is done asleep in the sun after a slow drink or six.

# Gin and tonic for me...or sweet white wine..