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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: Squash63 on March 01, 2009, 15:01:45
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I recently wrote about a bloke at our site complaining that he had never seen the site looking so bad in all the time he had been there. He was objecting to plastic bottles on top of canes, plastic water butts and compost bins.
I mentioned that his own plot was mainly grass which he strimmed. (I didn't mean grass as in 'lawn' but couch grass and weeds) Among the grass and weeds, this bloke had a few clumps of chrysanths, rose bushes and some rhubarb.
He must have realised that his plot was not up to scratch so he asked a neighbour from his road if he would like a part of it to grow his own things on. He then went on holiday for a week, leaving the neighbour to dig the plot.
He obviously forgot to tell the neighbour exactly where to dig because when he returned from holiday today he went mental! The other man had dug a good two thirds of the plot and thrown away everything that was growing including the chrysanths, roses and rhubarb!
I can't help feeling a bit sorry for him, but on the other hand .........maybe not. :)
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;D ::)
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Am I sorry?
Watch my face!!
8) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8)
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Hi Squash, as the old saying goes "you reap what you sow". From this and your previous post it is clear that this individual is lacking in their communication skills :)
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Hi Squash, as the old saying goes "you reap what you sow". From this and your previous post it is clear that this individual is lacking in their communication skills :)
also lacking chrysanths, roses & rhubarb now ;D But he's lacking couch grass etc...seems a fair swap to me 8)
Hey Squash...in the spirit of good neighbourliness ::), fancy offering him a rhubarb cutting?
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loved it!! ;D ;D serves the beggar right!!
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HA! HA! it could have only been better if he had taken out the plants and left the grass.
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Sounds like Karma to me! ;D
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Thats my favourite saying . What goes around comes around. You may have to wait a while sometimes but eventually it happens. I bet you couldn't keep a straight face Betty ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for sharing that ;D ;D ;D ;D
It put a smile on all our faces. He got what he deserved ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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might be able to salvage the rhubarb - if it's still about...
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I'd love to say i wasn't laughing my head off.... but i can't!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Serves the grumpy ole so n so right.
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Brilliant!
You didn't have to wait long for your revenge - even though it was not instigated by you - it is all the sweeter!
Don't feel sorry for this miserable man!
Old Bird
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If he had put some canes with bottles on marking where his chrysanths were, his mate wouldnt have dug em up and slung em. ;D
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love it how did you keep a straight face? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Ha! Poetic justice! ;D ;D I think his mate just needs to put a few bottles on top of canes to finish it off....... ;D ;D ;D
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1. Should he just let someone else share his plot without permission.
2. Now its been 2/3rds dug he will have too maintain it.
3. Now everybodys CANED him lets hope you have the BOTTLE to give him a warning letter when he lets it go to pot again.
4. I also pissed myself laughing. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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How can you dig up a rose accidently? :-\ Unless he thought it was all to go.
I love stories like that, compost bins and water butts oh my.....anyone thinks the place was for gardening ::)
brill story
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Perhaps his neighbour thought he was a miserable old bugger too and did it on purpose. Ignorance is bliss!
I have two know it all/interfering types at my site too. Why can't people just mind their own business and let people do their own thing. I thought that was the whole point to allotment gardening being able to customise your little bit of land the way you want it. It's not like they get it right all of the time.
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Thanks for all your replies :)
I think the old bloke assumed that his neighbour could do mind-reading as well as gardening. It never occurred to him to show the other man which plants should be left in and the man is probably not all that experienced in gardening anyway.
Old Bloke had introduced his neighbour to me a couple of weeks ago, and asked if it was alright for him to help. We don't mind if plot-holders have people to help them on their plots and this has always worked well in the past. As Secretary, I 'try' to make sure that people are happy and most of them are.
While Old Bloke was away on holiday, I went over to his plot a couple of times and chatted to the men and even told them what a good job they were doing. It did cross my mind that I hoped Old Bloke would appreciate all their hard work but I never imagined that he hadn't told them where to dig.
I saw Old Bloke today but because he had calmed down a lot, I didn't mention his plot to him. I wanted to know if he had spoken to his neighbour about things, but I just couldn't face listening to him ranting on again.
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Is it just me or do you think he has got this neighbour in to do all the digging then will probably drop him as soon as it suits. :-\ ;D ;D ;D
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Is it just me or do you think he has got this neighbour in to do all the digging then will probably drop him as soon as it suits. :-\ ;D ;D ;D
I hope not, but it is a possibility. He was so angry yesterday that he was saying that the man could use some of the plot this year but then that was it.
When he introduced the man to me a couple of weeks ago, he was saying things like "if he likes it, he could take over the plot" but yesterday he was talking about changing the lock on his shed so the neighbour couldn't get in.
I think it's all going to end in tears.....
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It does look as though his friend may be being taken for a ride, I hope not.
I wish I'd been there to see his face. ;D ;D My feelings are the same as everyone else's. Perhaps now he'll take on board what an allotments really for. ;D ;D
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Another development - Old Bloke came to me today and said that he would not let the neighbour do any more work at all on his plot and wouldn't let him use it for growing things now. He said that the neighbour had had £40's worth of his plants (in other words, he'd taken home the stuff he'd dug up) so that was fair enough.
I don't think this is right at all. The neighbour and his friend worked really hard even if they were a bit too enthusiastic and from what they told me I could tell they were looking forward to growing things this year.
Because it was an informal arrangement between OB and the neighbour I will leave it to him to sort it out.
OB also told me that he has "lost heart" (did he ever have one?) with his plot and was seriously thinking of giving it up.
No, I didn't clap my hands and jump up and down with joy, but I felt like it. ;D
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Surely if he felt that way couldn't he just let his neighbours have it instead of chucking them off. He doesn't sound like he had any enthusiasm for it, even before the drastic digging. Sounds like a bit of an ... better not say might get chucked off here too ha ha!!
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Surely if he felt that way couldn't he just let his neighbours have it instead of chucking them off. He doesn't sound like he had any enthusiasm for it, even before the drastic digging. Sounds like a bit of an ... better not say might get chucked off here too ha ha!!
That's what any 'normal' person would do.
Anyway, if he leaves, it's up to me who has the plot next and I quite liked the two neighbours....... ;)
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Perhaps hire out some badgers for a spot of midnight digging on the rest of his plot, that might do it ::)
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If you see old bloke before he leaves send him my best wishes, :P :P :P :P :P, my arse, get the neighbours back Squash and introduce them to A4A, they'd love to read the posts on this. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D