GoldenChippie
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Allotment talk!new thread for us allotment holders 
ooo what shall be our first topic???? 
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tonyW
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| Quote: | | ooo what shall be our first topic???? |
How about "Oooh, isn`t it quiet on here today"? 
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Tango Bunny
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Or what can we dig up next?????
or
Is this a weeeeeed????
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GoldenChippie
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lol Tango that is about my level
my neighbour who has 2 allotments was showing us what to do on the plot and i said - whats that? and he said - lettuce 
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nickmacuk
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Show us a picy of your allotment footwear please 
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GoldenChippie
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lol i hanvt got that sorted yet
you seem to have a rubber fetish
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nickmacuk
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| Quote: | | you seem to have a rubber fetish |
Not reaally it was just that I had this vision of glittery high heeled wellies  I supose if you could get them the heels would be good for making planting holes
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shorty
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aw I wanted you to carry on in the ooh topic about the allotment!!
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GoldenChippie
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well i probably will!
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shorty
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good! Hey on BBC1 breakfast news they've been on about growing your own veg, apparently its all the rage now. Courgettes are meant to be very easy!!
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GoldenChippie
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i've heard that  I have a rasberry plant a gift from my SIL lol - it looks like a nettle
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gypsy93
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i will post some pics later of hubs two allotments plus fruit cage, shed and greenhouse--we eat all year round off it and it takes a lot of work--i don't have any real interest in it, but if anyones got any questions about growing stuff, i'm sure he'll be glad to answer them.
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Trish
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It is hard work, gypsy, but addictive too. I love it
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GoldenChippie
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here's a piccy of the allotment - pre any work!!! lol thats my - im not bloody digging it face!!
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Emma
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Gail i would love to have an allotmnet, they have some around the corner from ours.
Maggies uncle has an allotmnet and he used to take me when i was little.
I would to hear your progress on your pitch as time goes by.
I am loving the face Gail, like this means business!!
Sorry if i missed it but what are you aiming to be growing here?
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shorty
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ace!!! Its huge!!! You could feed the whole forum all year round!! So, when are you starting the serious work then?
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Trish
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Gail it looks great. Most of the work is done for you on there!!!!!!!!!
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shorty
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wow thats a heck of a difference Trish!!
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Guest1
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Looks like someones left gails full of produce.  Has someone snuffed it here??
Trish...THATS what i call overgrown.
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GoldenChippie
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crikey Trish fancy a dig over here?
no guest - its got Rhubarb at the front and then loads of decaying stuff!!
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Trish
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Pam7
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I'm absolutely HOPELESS with growing stuff!
I didn't realise until we moved into the countryside, that brussels grew on stick things until I saw them at a farm shop! I thought they grew out of the ground like little cabbages 
..and when we first moved here I spent hours moving a load of plants cos we had to put a damp course in.....a visiting friend told me a week later that I ought to 'pull those dead nettles' up
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vonny
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Love the pic Gail
good luck with it
uve worked hard on yours Trish
bet its lovely now
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Trish
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GoldenChippie
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lol we made two compost bins last sunday from pallets, was quite theraputic hammering nails in!!!
have nearly cleared the main patch, cut down the hedge at the back and tidied it up a bit, i dont think we are going to attempt anything growing untill spring. We are trying to get some manure delivered and will dig that in.
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Trish
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Guest1
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Well ive got leeks and parsnips still growing for Xmas...and ive just this week put some winter onions in that will harvest from May onwards. Ive got them under a fine mesh to keep the birds off and a bit of heat around them.
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Trish
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Nice one Mick, they'll both taste great once they've had
a bit of frost on them.
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Guest1
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Ooo...and...ive a rake of this years onion harvest hung up in the garage! Im attempting to be self sufficient in onions for a whole year. These will last till at least Feb next year if not longer.
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GoldenChippie
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i can plait onions!!!
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Guest1
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i bet i could as well. its something thats never played on my mind to do tho.
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Trish
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Emma
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Gail, how is your allotment coming along?
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Guest1
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no point asking her technical questions like that just now, emma....shes with a gaggle of others staggering round town, pissed as you like (probably )...without a care (for allotments) in the world.
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Emma
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