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Title: Scottish allotments
Post by: moudie on January 16, 2006, 19:12:01: Introduction............Hi ........I'm Moudie and have had an allotment at Allers in East Kilbride near Glasgow for about 12 years.Anyone else on the forum from the Glasgow area?
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Post by: grawrc on January 16, 2006, 19:20:46: Yep I am but have now lived in Embra for about 25 years. Sad fate for a Weegie! :'( :-[
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Post by: GREENWIZARD on January 16, 2006, 19:29:02: i'm also a weegie ;D but i don't have a lottie :(
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Post by: Vez1 on January 16, 2006, 19:32:19: I'm half weegie , does that count?
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Post by: moudie on January 16, 2006, 21:51:01: Good enough for me Vez ;D
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Post by: Wicker on January 16, 2006, 22:37:42: Hi Moudie - I'm in Edinburgh (willingly!) but originally from Caithness so no Glasgow connection - BUT I did spend time in Hairmyers Hospital East Kilbride many long years ago :D
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Post by: grawrc on January 17, 2006, 20:45:13: Hey Wicker! That was just my silly sense of humour. :-[I chose to live in Edinburgh. I love living in Edinburgh and in fact I can think of few cities where I'd rather live.
Mmmmmm... maybe Venice ??? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: weedbusta on January 17, 2006, 20:51:00: hi moudie,
im in gartocher road in the east end of glasgow. 5 mins drive from the weans school. i've had my plot just over a year and feel im winning the battle to de- junglify it!!
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Post by: moudie on January 17, 2006, 23:52:07: I have to dejunglify my plot every spring...........well the wife does most of it as she actually enjoys weeding ??? :-X
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Post by: Carol on January 18, 2006, 16:32:26: What is a Weegie???? never heard that in Reporting Scotland, have I?

Live in the Borders.
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Post by: grawrc on January 18, 2006, 16:38:43: Glas weegie an ;D ( an Edinburgh insult I believe ;))
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Post by: moudie on January 19, 2006, 21:54:24: They love us weegies really :P
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Post by: return of the mac on January 19, 2006, 22:34:19: Only 2 types of weegies- norweigans and glasweigans- i should put that on wikipedia :D
Both of my parents and most of my family hail fae glasgow- i was born in wick and live in aberdeen- got an allotment in hilton
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Post by: grawrc on January 19, 2006, 22:38:02: Too right they'd better love us weegies. There's an awful lot of us in Embra. ;)
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Post by: MrsKP on January 31, 2006, 13:28:39: Hi there. Another newbie here based in Hillington (just along the M8 from weegieville).

No allotment, but a 20'x20' (west facing) back garden just begging to be turned into one (i hope that allows me to stay on your board ::) )

Once the shed is up, i intend to get out there and put some hard work in to turn my nice and solid clay into a something marvellous.

So while I'm here, a question about well rotted manure ..... where can i find some ? Any suggestions gratefully received.
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Post by: grawrc on January 31, 2006, 17:54:31: Local farms and riding stables. Sometimes you get ads in Post Ofiice, local free paper, evening paper etc.
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Post by: MrsKP on January 31, 2006, 20:12:49: thanks for your suggestion. i've already advised "heem" that we're going for a drive on sunday and hopefully by then the shed base will be complete and the empty hardcore sack will be strategically placed in the back of the car.

my poor car thought it was a sports model when it was born. i shifted four loads of tree last weekend and now manure. i think i would probably do better with a van. ;D
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Post by: grawrc on January 31, 2006, 20:53:12: You could do to start a compost heap as soon as you can too. You can put all your vegetable and fruit peelings, egg shells and teabags and coffee grounds in it as well as garden rubbish. When it all rots down it is great for enriching the soil.

There are loads of folk on this site who don't have allotments: a garden or even window-boxes are just as good. I think the main requirement is being passionate about growing things. :) :) :) :)
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Post by: MrsKP on February 01, 2006, 07:06:14: oh, i have a dalek already and it's about half-full but it's not doing anything wonderful that i can see. i keep prodding it and occasionally watering it, but i'm trying to persuade "heem" (again) to stand akimbo and do his wee-ing thing to help the pile along. :P i think the dalek is going to have to make way for the shed though, so it would be a good time to empty and refill.

i was off sick yesterday and desperate to get out and have a dig but made do with washing loads of pots off ready for sowing. No point digging over anything until i've got the shed up as everything will just get trodden down again in the process and the final position of my veggie beds are largely dependant on which side of the garden the shed ends up.

i wish i was handier with a saw though. :P

the one thing that i'm worried about most though is the lack of sun :o i'm an exile, and have been living up here for a couple of years now and haven't seen any sun since i moved. well, not strictly true but only the odd day here and there which worries me. Don't think Alan T did a bit on the long, grey and very damp season in this particular gardener's year.

and my mate to lives over east made me so jealous with being snowed in. we only got a light sprinkling which was gone in a day. we just get grey :-\

thanks for listening to me waffle. and thanks for your help.

;D
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 06, 2006, 22:54:56: HI EVERYONE, Im a weegie too, but now living in N.Ireland. Is it just me or are we an adventuring lot? and can someone please tell me...IS GLASGOW EMPTY YET? ;D On a serious note, I really miss rolls'n fritters and the great variety of shops, what does everyone else miss? ;)
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Post by: grawrc on February 06, 2006, 22:58:10: the patter ;)
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 06, 2006, 23:12:43: I forgot about that one, (been away too long, 24yrs) although the patter's nearly as good here (but just not quite) ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 06, 2006, 23:22:10: OH just remembered Big pickles out of the chippie in THORNWOOD DR, PARTICK, GLASGOW. you lot must think I think of nothing but food. OK I'll admit it I'm on a diet, thats why I'm hoping to grow fruit and veg this year.
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Post by: grawrc on February 06, 2006, 23:29:40: Wow! I used to go there too!
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Shirley on February 07, 2006, 15:51:11: Hi Moudie

Born and brought up in London but moved to West Lothian 37 years ago. Don't have an allotment, but love playing in the garden and come onto this site for a chat and meet super people.
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Post by: kitty on February 09, 2006, 18:35:43: aha!remember me?

i have always fancied a trip to glasgow-tell me three things to lure me there(and it cant be 3 chipshops!!!!)

kitty
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Post by: grawrc on February 09, 2006, 18:39:09: Easy peasy: Art galleries, Citizen's Theatre, Provand's Lordship, GFT Rose Street, Gallowgate, Ubiquitous Chip, Burrell Collection... pfahh this is getiing boring. 8) 8)
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 13, 2006, 23:39:16: Hi kitty ,sorry it took me so long to get back to you I kept getting kicked off line, but thats another thread! 1st Victoria Park, Whiteinch, the flowerbeds are to die for, the fossil grove (the trees are millions of years old) is facinating, and dont forget to take a picnic basket with you, and feed the ducks and swans your leftover crusts (still cant keep off the subject of food), 2nd the Glasgow arts festival, (beginning of May every year) theatres and a great night life, and 3rd the transport museum, takes you back in time . this is only the tip of the iceberg but I promise you you will be sorry to leave if you do decide to go as the people are the friendliest in the world(now I'm homesick, WHY did I leave again???). :-\ :-\ :-\
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Post by: MrsKP on February 14, 2006, 07:04:20: murder capital of europe ? litter everywhere ? gang culture ? major drug problems ? god forsaken grey sky that never clears ? pot holes in the road that would swallow a transit and leave no trace ?

but i love it :P
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Post by: grawrc on February 14, 2006, 09:54:49: Don't know where you've been Mrs KP but it bears no ressemblance to the Glasgow I know and love.

Scotch-Mist how could I have missed out Victoria Park ::) I grew up within a spit of it!
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Post by: MrsKP on February 14, 2006, 18:14:32: i think i must read too many newspapers ::) . But the potholes i can vouch for :'(

Still love the place though, and I STILL feel i can walk the streets safely, which is one of the major reasons i moved up here (and will not move back south).

But if i could just ask for one thing, a very little thing .... can we have some sun please and can those westerlies drop just a tad.

;D
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 14, 2006, 21:39:28: Grawrc, would you mind if I sent you a personal message I grew up within a spit of Victoria pk and would like to speak to an old neighbour (all this reminiscing has gotten me homesick)
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Post by: grawrc on February 14, 2006, 22:37:08: Go for it Scotch-Mist. I was VP gardens South (NE side of the park)
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 14, 2006, 23:06:48: sent a Pm , did you get it (I got kicked off line again) dont know whats going on ??? ??? ???
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Post by: return of the mac on February 14, 2006, 23:25:15: Come to Aberdeen instead ;D . We have the Ashvale, scottish fish and chip shop of the year for umpteen years until they retired gracefully- we also have a beach and greeeat winter gardens (better than glasgows ;) ).
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Post by: return of the mac on February 14, 2006, 23:26:35: Hey wheres my avatar >:( that was my greatest picture ever.
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 14, 2006, 23:48:51: naw you dont want to go there, the further north you go the more they squeek ;D ha ha ha , no offence meant mac , stick to Glasgow , patter's better too. ;)
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Post by: return of the mac on February 15, 2006, 19:40:48: None taken- if you ever see a guy with a helium cannister under his arm its me ;D
But go Aberdeen!!!!
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 15, 2006, 21:58:35: ;D ;D ;D That wasn't the end I meant squeaked, have you never heard the expression (the further north you go the tighter the Scots get ?) or (so tight they squeak when they walk), anyway my Granda was a Highlander and Iam immensely proud of him as appart from the fact he was the greatest he also fought in the 2 world wars .
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Post by: grawrc on February 15, 2006, 22:47:23: Scotch-mist I got your pm. Did you get mine. A bit p***sed late on last night so might not have sent it. :-[ :-[

Return Aberdeen's cool. i've got great mates from round there and my nephew's at Uni there too.
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Post by: return of the mac on February 15, 2006, 22:58:02: Yeh well im skint so i have an excuse for being tight :D
The other week i found a hand at the beach too, :o
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 15, 2006, 23:59:10: Know the skint feeling mac, on the up side it makes you a better scounger, just scrounged 2 lorry loads of road curbs today to fill my yard, and did the hand have any money in it ? THOUGHT OF THE DAY: WHO TOOK IT OFF TO GET THE MONEY?
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Post by: return of the mac on February 16, 2006, 13:34:57: No, i called the cops and they used the hi tech aberdonian method of....

...poking it with a stick, then telling me, "yes thats a hand"
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Post by: scotch-mist on February 17, 2006, 00:40:21: Yuuuuk, didn't that make you feel like pocking them with a stick just to see if they were still alive?
The're not much brighter here (if they had 2 braincells between them they would only fight).
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Post by: grawrc on February 19, 2006, 21:28:01: Mrs KP I'm with you on the potholes, however sunshine is not lacking in Glasgow unless there has been a massive climate change.

I used to visit my sister in Edinburgh and freeze in wind and overcast skies when in Glasgow we had been basking in bikinis in the back garden.
Now I'm used to Edinburgh I find it OK but by comparison Glasgow is positively torrid. although there is plenty of rain. >:(
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Post by: grawrc on February 19, 2006, 21:29:27: Rotm I'd have expected : have you had a hand in this? ;D
Anyway I think in all decency you need to tell us more about this hand and what ensued??
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Post by: MrsKP on February 19, 2006, 21:56:04: Quote from: grawrc on February 19, 2006, 21:28:01
Mrs KP I'm with you on the potholes, however sunshine is not lacking in Glasgow unless there has been a massive climate change.

I used to visit my sister in Edinburgh and freeze in wind and overcast skies when in Glasgow we had been basking in bikinis in the back garden.
Now I'm used to Edinburgh I find it OK but by comparison Glasgow is positively torrid. although there is plenty of rain. >:(

how strange, my two pals who live over east always have better weather than me ::)

had a lovely day yesterday, hoped it would carry over to today and lo and behold, fog first thing, followed by nasty cold damp with the occasional drizzle today. got a fair bit done yesterday but not as much as i'd have liked.
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Post by: grawrc on February 19, 2006, 22:11:54: Sounds like Embra. Must be climate change. Global warming..... Aaarrrggh
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Post by: return of the mac on February 20, 2006, 15:17:59: It was bones, adult hand, no money in it though, and it was near the beach but too far to have been washed up- no news from the police, maybe i should tell the local paper? ???
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Post by: grawrc on February 20, 2006, 16:44:21: Local police said: "HE is helping us with our enquiries."
ROTM replied: "Just giving them a hand..." ;)
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Post by: return of the mac on February 20, 2006, 20:48:19: Graw your worse than my bro for the non emergency police number- phoned him and he asked if i needed a hand, then he texted me all day with those cheesy jokes ::)
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Post by: RacheBee on March 06, 2006, 15:38:22: :D hi I'm not a weegie but live in weegie city and have a lotty at Kirklee! Lived here 20 yrs and love it!
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Post by: MrsKP on March 06, 2006, 19:00:44: we can wave across the water, i work in the Ibrox areea;D

i'd be interested in starting up a wee swap shop of ideas, as your microclimate is probably as similar to mine as i'm going to get, and we seem to get some strange weather around the clyde :P

has been lovely (but cold) the past few days, now i've booked Friday off work, it's bound to be hurricanes. Still i'll see if the runner bean frame holds up ;D
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Post by: grawrc on March 06, 2006, 20:39:47: Rache! That off the Gt Western Road?
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Post by: RacheBee on March 06, 2006, 23:31:05: Yup go up Great western from where it meets Byres rd, heading out of the city to the next set of lights. Turn right and continue until the bridge going over the Kelvin and just before the bridge next to the Botanic gardens Arboretum is the lotty. Its twinned with Julian gardens alottments around the corner, which is posher.
the ground is still pretty frozen on the North of the clyde, did you get any snow? I work in thornliebank and there was some out that way.
All weggie tip swaps welcome ;D
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Post by: MrsKP on March 07, 2006, 06:38:15: think it was wednesday that it was there in the morning, but gone by the time i got back, then friday it flurried at work but nowt at home.

We're right on top of the hill at Hillington and it can blow a gale which is why i'm testing out my runner bean trellis with nothing growing yet.

i can get a spade in the ground but it's thick clay, so i'm in the middle of building some raised beds, ready for the off when i get back from a weekend away at the end of march. i've got two varieties of sweet pea coming along nicely, and some broad bean a tomatos but i've kept enough back that if nothing survives my breakaway i can start again.

looks like the ususal grey sky today, so situation normal again. ;D
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Post by: Diesel on March 07, 2006, 23:19:24: I am going back up to God's country tomorrow :D

how is the forecast for Friday? im hoping to get a game of golf in ;)
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Post by: Carol on March 07, 2006, 23:38:50: Where you gonna be playing golf? Think its to be rain next few days, may be better on Fri. but doubt it. Better off east cost cos I think the West will be getting it more!!!

:D :D
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Post by: MrsKP on March 08, 2006, 06:40:30: i've got the day off work to do the plot, it's bound to rain.

;D
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Post by: RacheBee on March 08, 2006, 08:30:33: :-\ looks potentially dreich today
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Post by: Diesel on March 08, 2006, 09:20:55: west side lol sods law,
Ill be working in Glasgow (bishopbriggs) tomorrow and Friday (morning is if I can wangle it) so I will be playing at East Kilbride or Motherwell.
I just checked the forecast and it says dry for Friday and sunny Saturday so there is hope :D
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Post by: MrsKP on March 08, 2006, 21:56:49: but it softened the clay up nicely and was mild enough to do an hour's digging after work, which i thoroughly enjoyed. it was very therapeutic ;D
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Post by: moudie on March 08, 2006, 22:40:55: Quote from: Diesel on March 08, 2006, 09:20:55
west side lol sods law,
Ill be working in Glasgow (bishopbriggs) tomorrow and Friday (morning is if I can wangle it) so I will be playing at East Kilbride or Motherwell.
I just checked the forecast and it says dry for Friday and sunny Saturday so there is hope :D
Diesel - Bring your waterproofs ;)
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Post by: greenstar on April 19, 2006, 21:01:05: Hello weegies. I'm nearly naturalised - been here 16 years, but I know I'll always be English to yous. Just got a lottie on the south side - Pollokshields. Are all the Glagow lot west enders? The south side is so much sunnier...
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Post by: MrsKP on April 19, 2006, 22:01:21: :o :o :o :o sunnier !! in between the showers !! and high on Hillington hill it does nothing but blow a gale ;D.

i wave a St. George's too. I keep telling them at work i've come across the wall to rescue them all. ;D

mugstar is in pollokshields too greenstar.
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Post by: mugstar on April 19, 2006, 23:18:28: Quote from: MrsKP on April 19, 2006, 22:01:21
mugstar is in pollokshields too greenstar.
Yeah, we share a plot! ;D
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Post by: MrsKP on April 20, 2006, 06:38:49: roflmao ;D ;D ;D ;D

no need for introductions then eh ? should have guessed from the names really d'oh !!!!
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Post by: weedbusta on May 02, 2006, 21:54:25: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

whit a belta man!!!!!!!!!

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D