I am so happy.....

With how quickly jim is transforming my allotment.

We reckon three hours this week and it will be all square, level and dug.

Next weekend I hope to be doing some planting and having a tidy up.
















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Now it is all going to happen!

I am paying my mate Jim to do up to twelve hours manual work on my plot! He is making the path, doing the edges and turning over all the plot including the turning of the two big extensions to the end of the plot.

In a short time he has done miles more than I would have ever achieved and, as he has years of experience, wil do a much better job!

On Sunday I managed to level a patch and planted

White onions
Spanish onions
Spring onions
Broad beans
Peas.

I am so excited as once the digging has been done there willbe no stoping me!

Photos from this weekend!



















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Not today!

I got struck down with a migraine last night and have felt shocking all day so there was no allotment work.

Still it has rained some more so hopefully next weekend, though I do feel as though a cold maybe about to start.

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Digging for gold!

Well I managed to last justover three hours!

One half of the extended bit was dug, grass removed and broken down.

The other half of the path, well I only dug half of it and is the first rough dig.

I feel a bit stiff but hope to finish the second half and get my winter onions and shallots!

I also show my two cabbages that I hope to enter in the winter show!






















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Allotment update

Well this weekend I managed to get a small area ready to plant some winter onions and shallots.

I used the area that my potatoes had been in as the ground was loose and just needed the top breaking down.

I was delighted to see that it rained in the night and I hope that we get some more so that this weekend I can get digging.

I am also excited as I may have two cabbages ready to enter in the winter show!


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The allotment

It is very dry down there and I am having a nightmare trying to straighten it all up and extend it.

The good news is that I have been given a metal frame to make a new coldframe.

I just really need it to rain real hard now, preferably in time for next Saturday so I can do some Olympic gold medal digging!

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One more test!

Then I hope to post from the allotment tomorrow.

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Photo testing

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iPhone application testing

Here we go with a test from my new toy!


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Bee nest.

My mate is building a hive to try and get this nest so he can have honey! I am not convinced it will work but worth a go! The idea of fresh honey is very appealing! I will keep my fingers crossed for him. This weekend i will update as i plan to do ten hours and get on with my new layout.

Weekend Away

I am leaving about 11am tomorrow to go to Santa Pod in Northampton fow VW Action.

It will be my last chance to get away with the 2 room luxury tent!!! I have extra blankets and everything just incase!

I have a feeling that I will be windswept, soaked with rain but most of all I will be drunk, with good mates and happy!

I may attempt to post a few photos..... but I cannot be held responsible for anything upside down or any jibba jabba that may appear!

My first ever attempt

I had a right busy weekend decorating my lounge and hanging wallpaper for the first time. I am very pleased with it all.

Tank again!

This morning after it has all settled down.

New Tank Clean Up!

Last night the tank got a jolly good clean.

It was in prpeparation of the move to the other side of the room this weekend.
I also have a pregnant Zebra danio but she won't lay her eggs so I thought that a change around and clean may encourage her.

Not the best photo but you get the idea!!!!!

Currently it is home to...

4 Black Widow
2 Zebra Danio
1 yellow female Platy
1 blue female Platy
1 dwarf Oto

Allotment Disappointment and Vodka!

Well, due to circumstances beyond my control, the allotment paid work did not pan out that well.

I say not well as in meaning it just never happened. Long story, but let’s just say that my edges remain crooked and my extension is still grass at the moment!!!

Once we have a good old run of rain to soften the concrete ground, then my mate Jim will do the work for me in the absence of his son.

I remain optimistic, but the ground looks like an earthquake has happened as it is full of giant cracks, all my veg is fighting to stay alive.

I, along with the other allomenteers, await rain now.

I had my best mate, little Miss A over on Saturday. We have a few vodkas and went for a walk round the local shops and I had a very productive time and went mad and bought myself 2 new tops. I know, I am a little minx at times!!!

We then treated ourselves to the most amazing Indian Take Away and watched the X Factor.

I have to say that I was disappointed. It seemed like there was all the hype but barely any auditions.

Luckily I was still buzzing from Bea leaving the BB house.

This weekend I mainly be decorating and playing with my new telly……. I know… it is really all happening here!

Allotment Redesign

After digging the allotment out initially, I vowed that I would never ever dig again on a large scale.

Whilst away last weekend, I paid a friends son to extend my allotment, and straighten up the sides and create new edges.

I am so excited as tomorrow morning I will be able to see it for the first time.

It will have an extra 5ft on it as I intend to grow more next year!

I am going to measure the plot and then start a proper plan for the next 12 months so that I can control what I grow and grow more of what I like.

I know this may sound sad, but I really am rather excited!

Last weekend felt very weird not being there and working.

I expect that the rest of it will look like a jungle though!!!!

I also hope to get my new key so that I can get on and off the allotments when it suits me! My old key had an issue so I have been unable to get in or out for the last 3 weeks aside from weekends.

24 Hours of Fun and Laughter!

Well, I was just so excited that I landed up leaving early to arrive about an hour before the rest of the gang!

I had the mammoth 11.3 mile journey to make!

I arrived and put up the 2 room erection all on my own. I got very hot but it only took about 40 minutes. However I did have to catch it twice as the wind lifted it, and I got abit confused as to where you start pegging out!

Anyway, here it is in its crowning glory!







Then Jenny, The Big D and Westy all arrived and got settled in.







I was impressed with Jenny and her very long pole....



But even more impressed with her peas in a pod...



I found the time to pose like Posh Spice in Jenny's glasses, just to prove that glasses do not suit all people!



I also managed to find to groove out, with the glasses and have an Austin Powers moment!



The Big D got all cavemen and whipped together a lovely new BBQ that had been bought for the occasion!



Then we simply sat in the sun, laughed, smiled and drank...... and drank...... and drank....











Then the darkness fell but they did not stop us!









Thanks people as I had a great time. I am just getting over the sunburn but my cheeks and sides still hurt from laughing so much!