I can't tell you how honoured I am to have been invited to contribute to this blog - thank you sooo sooo much M. You are so very kind.
Seriously, I'm happy to be starting on the allotment again after all this time. Even though it was all your fault, M, for us not being able to go up and carry on what we started all that time ago, I can forgive you (just the once) and I'm looking forward to arguing about something different with you.
First though, we have to go up, harvest the bumper crop of rasp and goose berries, and reclaim the tools from somewhere beneath all that horrific bramble. We've got a babysitter for Saturday (my dad and step mum). Hopefully when H and C can get started, it won't look too daunting - and that will be their reward for being brave enough to say yes to this folly.
Or we could leave a bit of bramble for them...
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
OK, so let's start again ...
Alright, admittedly we've let things slide with the allotment. This is in fact the first post for more than a year, but we have had a very good reason. We are now the proud parents of little E, a beautiful girl who has been filling up more than enough of our time until now.
We have, however, more good news. We're in negotiations with a couple of neighbours, H and C, who are also new parents of little boy G, to start working the plot together. They have been wanting to get down to some serious growing and, like us, have nowt but a yard behind their house. We all went and took a look at the plot last Saturday and they've agreed in theory to take it on with us which is great as we stand a much better chance of doing something with the plot with regular help, rather than the now and then help we've had and very much appreciated from my parents and brother and D's mum.
We also have something we can harvest! Yes, even though we've done sweet nothing for sixteen months! Two of the unidentified bushes have turned out to be raspberry and gooseberry which is brilliant. The raspberry has started to get a little unruly so when we start to take control of the plot again, we'll get it under more strict supervision.
Anyway, the shed of doom's days are numbered. I've already started looking for a new fortress of solitude*!
* More commonly listed on websites as a "8' x 10' Apex Double Door shed".
We have, however, more good news. We're in negotiations with a couple of neighbours, H and C, who are also new parents of little boy G, to start working the plot together. They have been wanting to get down to some serious growing and, like us, have nowt but a yard behind their house. We all went and took a look at the plot last Saturday and they've agreed in theory to take it on with us which is great as we stand a much better chance of doing something with the plot with regular help, rather than the now and then help we've had and very much appreciated from my parents and brother and D's mum.
We also have something we can harvest! Yes, even though we've done sweet nothing for sixteen months! Two of the unidentified bushes have turned out to be raspberry and gooseberry which is brilliant. The raspberry has started to get a little unruly so when we start to take control of the plot again, we'll get it under more strict supervision.
Anyway, the shed of doom's days are numbered. I've already started looking for a new fortress of solitude*!
* More commonly listed on websites as a "8' x 10' Apex Double Door shed".
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