Anyone else plant shallots/garlic/onions today?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Looking at the weather forecast (ha ha!) Sunday is the day to get anything done outside - at least here in the Midlands. It's a shame then that I've got such 'spech visitors that day....... (*bob curtsey)

[scarey55]

Why not get your 'spech visitors to help you at the Hill then

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hey! Great thought, Scarey - after all, her MOMliness has had great practise planting shallots en France already! ...and I'm already dragging the Wellingtons to the Hill to meet Belinda Scarecrow....

[scarey55]

See her MOMliness tottering up the Hill in her Christmas sling back stilletto wellies and see Belinda try and curtsey in THAT tight skirt

[Hazel at the Hill]

Promise to take lots of piccies, hon!

[pigletwillie]

Sorry Hazel dearest but they need to be with us by 4ish or they wont be able to get in cos we will be out. With that in mind a teeny weeny bit of weeding may be all they have time for.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hmm. Bacon sarnie & cup of tea on arrival, tour of the Hill (taking in Social Club) back for mince pies with mum, and chucking them out at 3pm latest, PW - looks like I'll be planting my own shallots...

[TonyF]

I've planted over a thousand shallots, garlic and onions over the past three weeks - and I need to get mine in soon!!!

Too busy with all this cooking and socialising ...........

Still have a couple of days next week I think and if nobody else tells the little bulbs they're going in a week late, I wont.

[Snadger]

Too busy with all this cooking and socialising ...........

Lifes tuff at the top Tony!

[TonyF]

But somebody's got to do it Snadger

[vegnut]

I put my garlic and onions in around the second week in October. Iv'e got about 4" on the onions and 2" on the garlic. I will probably put some more in during spring time as the autumn onions won't keep so well and the garlic will just be all gone Yum.

[Steve(spt)]

Hello folks,

I'm new here, just got an allotment have been waiting for a while to get it, and I read in an old copy of GYO that you should plant on the shortest day. After reading the posts here, I'm going to plant some in a few hours time.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Welcome to the Vine, Steve spt ....

[shirlthegirl43]

Hello and welcome to the vine Steve (spt). Good luck with your lottie!

[smallblueplanet]

.....I'm going to plant some in a few hours time.

Hiya! Hope you got some planted, round here we'd have needed a small jack-hammer to get any in the soil!