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timelady
Half Acre
Posts: 194
Guilt...
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January 26, 2007, 20:36:44 »
Well, I've been feeling really guilty about neglecting my plot since around New Year! :( But now that it's light a bit later I can resume a schedule - it's much easier for me to hop over at 3pm and work for an hour than to try and do an hour in the mornings.
Today a friend drove me over with skip-acquired goodies: 10 paving slabs (for my shed base), about 20 concrete roof tiles (to make paths), 2 bags o' free building sand (shed again), and 3 big ceramic bird baths to put on the ground for birds, frogs, whatever. :) My plastic tarps were all over the place from the winds a couple weeks ago yet my completely exposed tools were all still there, looking shiny. (or somewhat shiny ;))
So all is still well. My garlic is growing like mad though, only put in on xmas eve. I don't know if it's supposed to be or not so won't worry I guess. Has anyone else neglected their patch at least as long? Please make me feel better. ;D
Tina.
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dandelion
Hectare
Posts: 908
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January 26, 2007, 21:05:29 »
Tina, I think everyone's plot looks a bit of a mess at this time of the year! I'm sure yours will look fantastic in a few months time :D!
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lorna
Hectare
Posts: 7,837
March. Cambridgeshire
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January 26, 2007, 21:26:27 »
Tina I hope you take things easy. You have been (still going?) through a rough patch.(no pun intended!!) Do hope you are feeling better.
Lorna
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timelady
Half Acre
Posts: 194
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January 27, 2007, 09:13:47 »
Yeah, things are going better at least, thanks. Just gotta drag myself though the remainder of January I think! Some daylight at long last seems to be helping. :) I hadn't had a hit of depression in many many years but at least I saw it for what it was.
Well, next week hopefully I can start hacking a path through the bramble to the top of my patch so I have somewhere to put the shed. Nice thing is the friend who helped me yesterday is the one who first went to see the allotment when I was considering it, so she's the one who can really see how much has been done. :)
Tina.
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dandelion
Hectare
Posts: 908
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January 27, 2007, 09:44:25 »
I hope today's sunny weather cheers you up Tina!
All the best
dandelion
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flossie
Hectare
Posts: 892
Lincoln
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January 27, 2007, 10:35:25 »
Hi Tina
Thinking of you as it is grey again this morning. We need more sun 8)
Mine poor plot gets really neglected at this time of year too. Only managed to get one bulb of garlic in and that was last w/e. Still loads of clearing/ digging to do.
Would be great to see some pictures when you get all your skip goodies in place
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Blue Bird
Hectare
Posts: 715
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January 27, 2007, 11:03:11 »
Hi Tina
think we are all in the same boat what with the weather and every thing - hoping to get down later today once the sun comes out
sure you will be fine and once you have got your shed sorted well hey there will be no stopping you!!
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cornykev
Hectare
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Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
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January 27, 2007, 12:00:35 »
Lovely sunny day here Tina hope you get on top of things don't go mad thou. ;D ;D ;D
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timelady
Half Acre
Posts: 194
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January 27, 2007, 14:36:06 »
Turned out to be a nice day here too, so I'm painting away!
Hoping to build the shed quite soon so I have somewhere dry to have tea, and I'm setting up my french easel there permanently so I can draw and paint beans and garlic (which is all I'm growing so far!). But just try organising a shed-building with a group of various artists for when they all have the same day free. Some days it would be nice to know a bunch of accountants or something who work 9-5 Monday to Friday. ;) We might burn down some of the bramble too, if we ever manage to get ourselves sorted. A neighbour a few plots over actually has 3 full plots and has cleared it all remarkably quickly on his own by burning it (controlled, in small bits of course). Quite impressive.
Well, gotta go put some purple on a canvas...
Tina.
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bennettsleg
Hectare
Posts: 628
hertford, herts. 2 windowsills, no greenhouse
Re: Guilt...
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January 28, 2007, 17:27:48 »
Shouldn't worry about the guilt; I left mine for 6 weeks over xmas/new year and this is the 2nd weekend back on the plot. May have to be it for a while as my back's just gone again! :-\
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louise stella
Hectare
Posts: 534
We're half way there Mum!!!!!
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January 28, 2007, 19:14:09 »
I think it'll help when we can actually plant something!!! Once we see something growing it will feel that we have winter on the run!
Louise
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LauraB
Half Acre
Posts: 158
West Bromwich
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January 28, 2007, 19:43:19 »
I think a lot os people have neglected their plots lately. The weather has been really unencouraging for starters.
All you need is one sunny day to potter about and wash the guilt away :)
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Robert_Brenchley
Hectare
Posts: 15,593
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January 28, 2007, 21:08:00 »
I've had a string of viruses, culminating in a bad dose of flu, and i hevan't had a chance to do more than a fraction of what I'd hoped. It'll soon pass, don't worry about it.
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timelady
Half Acre
Posts: 194
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January 29, 2007, 22:00:03 »
Oh shame Robert! Hope you're feeling better now. I got away lucky regarding flu so far this winter (knock on wood).
I figure I'll start in February. ;D I don't feel so bad if I'm not alone being a bad allotmenteer (is that the right word?)
Tina.
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louise stella
Hectare
Posts: 534
We're half way there Mum!!!!!
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January 29, 2007, 22:15:29 »
Well I planted some onion sets today and the soil was lovely to rake - just right!
A factory has just been sold next to the lottie - and they had put a load of pallets out for us !!! - yippeee! - i'm going back tomorrow for two more!
I also planted some daffodil bulbs.........they were given to me as they had not been planted, so I just dug a trench and bunged em in!! all 10 kgs of them! God only knows if they'll grow!!
Louise
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Robert_Brenchley
Hectare
Posts: 15,593
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Reply #15 on:
January 29, 2007, 23:04:49 »
They should grow, it's a tossup whether they'll flower. I've put loads of late, cheap ones in the lane outside my plot; so far I get very few flowers. Hopefully time will sort that out.
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shirlton
Hectare
Posts: 6,879
west midlands
Re: Guilt...
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January 30, 2007, 16:39:25 »
hey Tina, Think of it as letting the plot have a rest before all the hard work that it's got to do.lol Th spring will be here before you know it love then we will all feel like doing a bit more. We were out yesterday putting the greenhouse up but today has been too cold for me. Managed to dry the washing though.
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Hyacinth
Hectare
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Reply #17 on:
January 30, 2007, 17:40:15 »
Shirl, that mountain of horse muck still there?
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shirlton
Hectare
Posts: 6,879
west midlands
Re: Guilt...
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January 31, 2007, 08:45:09 »
Well erm. It's keeping the weeds down ain't it. We hope to get up to the new plot at the weekend,( mom willing) Have to get this greenhouse finished today and then tomorrow we have a fence to put back up at the half plot. Gee whizz I'm knackered before I start lol
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