Allotments 4 All

Besides all the creepy and crawly things. Whilst clearing my shed for the Lottie move I found an old Ford Escort Front Light fitting??? mmmmm Ive no idea how it got there as I havnt had my escort since 1986, and the shed only went up 2 years ago. That got me thinking Whats the most unusual thing you found/keep or do in your shed?
Chris

wow it must be massive is that at the lottie or at home

What allotment DVD it sounds fascinating?

 ;D ;D
Lol Wardy.....I have the dvd of the Allotment too.......my shed is the boot of my car!! Th tiny "shed" left by previous owner leaks too much to put anything in it. But when I get my new one (God bless Santa) it already has a parrafin lamp ready, and a kettle, and chairs waiting, plus contents of boot!! May well spend next years hols at the plot!!

The dvd is still available from Wildfire Productions I think......but if you google "allotment dvd" you will find it!!

Quote from: chriszog on November 09, 2005, 13:14:48
What allotment DVD it sounds fascinating?

It's this one (note signed copy!)
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There's an hilarious 'Allotment Performance Art' episode which hasn't been discussed on here as much as I would like ::) but despite that, it's well worth owning even though there is stuff on it that you'll already know.
Right Darlings , I'm off to perform Tess of the D'Urbervilles with a cast of onions and leeks.

OooooErrrrrrrrrr thats a very posh shed Wardy  :o

I'm not doubting his enthusiasm and I can imagine he'd get up the noses of a few people I know as well.
The trouble is that us gritty Northern types aren't ready for performance art just yet - our archaic views on life are set in stone.
I didn't acknowledge the existence of the artichoke till 1997.

Whats an Artichoke then?   

Being even further north means I,m much more archaic and much less posh and aint got a clue about artichokes but my shed has leccy so also has light for dark nights - I know I know I'm showing off now!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

Quote from: petemason on November 09, 2005, 14:46:30
I didn't acknowledge the existence of the artichoke till 1997.

Bloody brilliant! That made me laugh more than anything has for weeks ;D ;D You should copyright it - or put a health warning on it, as I just spat coffee all over my keyboard!

Cheers,
Rob ;)

Wow Wardy thats not a shed its a social club?? ;D
Do you hire it out for weddings and birthdays. ;D
Im only jealous. It looks brilliant
Chris

Lovely shed Wardy.  Makes both mine look rather grim!

In my shed at home is everything to do with the garden...lawnmower, 60 trillion 3inch plant pots, paint, tools, all the usual boring stuff really, and the shed on the plot isn't much more exciting!

Quote from: wardy on November 09, 2005, 16:26:33
 We could have a fish n chip reception  ;D

........and some performance artists!

I have got one of those bathing hut sized sheds - 4 X 6.  It has a nice formica drop leaf table, loads of pondshop tools, loo roll, coffee making stuff (just add a flask), 1st aid kit, vase of silk flowers, binliners and carriers, pegs, jaggy string, boots, black bucket (you know the rest), dirt, welcome mat and various boys things - hammer etc.  In the other, larger, shed on the other plot the shed is completely full of 'stuff'. When we move plots a thorough clear out is in order.

I'm taking bookings for 'Mutha get the coals in' a play what I writ about Northern folk and their fight against bigotry and  ignorance of performance art in 1930's Oldham.
The tickets may be viewed as expensive at £50 per person but at least it keeps the oiks away.

I had a clear out at home and found some lovely material to put up at the hut window.  Must take some loo roll along next time.  I have a wheelbarrow and some tools.  Spare gloves, in case I forget to take some with me.  

I could do with some strong hooks and one to hang the car keys on.  I keep waiting for the day when I drop the keys on the plot and can't get home, so a nice handy hook in the shed would be ideal.

I found some small horse shoes whilst digging the plot and have nailed them on the shed door.

Lily

Quote from: wardy on November 09, 2005, 16:46:27
Have you a venue for t'play then pete?  I know the very place and deffo no oiks  ;D

The earth is my stage and the planet my auditorium. (although if it rains it's off)

Flat caps and whippets esential ?

I have an 4x6 area of paving slabs.

 ;D ;D ;D
Lol Pete...I live in Oldham...performance art round here is what happens on Friday nights outside the kebab shops!
Usually it involves a starring role by the boys in blue!!

;D

My shed's a bit like Baggy's: plant pots, few ancient seeds, some broom handles (local factory makes 'em and they're great for supports, though only last a year before they rot), chickenwire (Chris's), netting, an old chair that I fell through so is currently needing its base repairing, a sack of 6X, some lethal comfrey tea (is Diesel still about? I never managed to send some to him and it's still waiting in a little bottle),  seaweed manure, Bordeaux mixture, BF&B, a couple of tesco's witches brooms which are actually rather useful, a first aid kit, an old mug, teabags and a ball of string. No tools or anything valuable as the shed isn't lockable.

moonbells

At the moment I am filled with good intentions for our shed.  'A place for everything and everything in it's place' sort of thing. But because I know myself very well  ::), that will only last about 5 minutes  ;D  ;D.  It's very small 6' x 4' and given to use for free.

Lily

My shed has Spiders, Thousands of Mice Nests :), had 2 birds nests this year one robin and one wrens nest. They all fledged happily and saftley :). My canes for my beans and that is it. I never keep anything of value in my shed as it gets broken into atleast twice a month sometimes. So there is nothing for any person the pinch.

The_Snail

What is it about sheds? I've absolutely loved reading this thread  :D .  My first shed experience was my Grandma's. It smelled of soil and creosote. It was like a little Aladdin's den full of allsorts of curious things. It was dead neat and tidy and I only got to go in there on few and far between occasions. The smell of it I'll never forget...I adore the smell of creosote and much to my delight I adored it even more when I was preggas. Haha. I longed for wet days so I could sniff the air!  Its supposed to be carcinogenic isn't it? Well I wonder if they could bottle the aroma for me?

Heres some pics.

The first is what's inside shed no 1 in my back garden. His Shed.  The second is the inside of shed no 2. My shed. Looks quite tidy for me. I's full of holes spiders, mice,bird food scooters,footballs,basket balls and my gardening stuff.

The last pic is of my shed on the allotment.  It has many many things in of which I haven't a clue what they are. It also has masses of wood,potty,bog roll,baby wipes.a collection of spades. some 29p Asda trowels and forks,rubber gloves,antibac washing up liquid,hay bale,bags of sawdust.foldy chairs and six hens.  There bit has been fashioned out of where the pigeons used to be kept. They are getting an extention as soon as the piles of wood can be moved.

Note to self ...There is an extreme lack of tea making facilities...must rectify AT ONCE !

Blinking rottern onions in mine at min.... ::) ::) ::)

Shed?  shed?  S.H.E.D.     Nope,  wots one of them then   ;D

Would be nice but we have to apply to the council to get one and I manage without.  Did get a little damp last weekend trying to shelter from a downpour on the leeward side of the compost heap.  In case you're wondering its not very effective!    :-\

If I had a shed that size I'd put it to other uses.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/meatpaste/lotshed3.jpg)

Heldi
   Thats not a shed its a garage block, you could let it out to the local farmer to store his combine in????
Graet pic above Large cod with chips please????
Chris

Just had a thought ( Dangerous) Before the move... Whats in your Shed.......Last year it was mostly Burglars and Thieves??????????

my shed was liberated from the weans this summer ;D
unfortunately she's leaking :( :( ~hope to fix her up soon  ;) :) (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/Copyof100_3243.jpg)
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Wow, GW!! Am very jealous!! My shed at home is tiny!! bout 2ft depth, and width, 6ft tall!!! OH has entire garage!! Looks like loo.... ::) the one at lottie is very similar to Wardy's and is full of everything!! Tools, fleeces, canes,lawn mower, barbeque, rotting onions til few hours ago, and every earwig ever born!! And when open door, they fall on my head....which results in pelting round plot at amazing speed whilst pulling hair out!!
Lottie  ;D

you couldn't fit an oxo in my shed L ;D

Quote from: wardy on November 11, 2005, 23:22:32
Pete

That really made me laugh! Ta ;D You've set me off now so I'll want fish n chips at the plot again tomorrow. Saturday is dangerous as husband goes to footy and leaves me to my own devices which, if good weather, will bring out me urge to follow nose to chippo ;D

Funny that, Saturdays are usually dangerous for me as regards the chippy. Mon to Friday we eat 'healthily' then every other Saturday I jump in the car and head back to Oldham to watch the Latics.
I can't resist having a Hollands pudding, chips and gravy while I'm there. If you ask for a steak and kidney puddin' in Lincoln you get strange looks (well, more than usual that is)

More pubs per person than any other place in Britain in Louth Wardy - don't get too distracted.

Watched England beat Germany in a pub in Louth  ;D (Sorry Blight)

PS Pete - it's a steak and kidley pie here mate.

Pete I've been peeing myself laughing at what you've done to my shed!! It's fab.  ;D  ;D

Yes folks ,it's all mine.  :) It has a work bench complete with vice and everything. The bit selling the fish and chips and the mushy peas was where the pigeons were kept. Twas easy to move the hens in as it was sectioned off with sliding louvre doors....they live behind where the mushy peas sign is.  We are going to extent the hens chambers in the near future to take up the rest if the old pigeon loft. Deluxe accommodation.  They'll have nesting boxes behind the fish and chips bit whilst retaining their perching area behind the mushy peas.

Looks a bit different now at the front because there is a hen run and I've cleared away most of the grass to reveal some paving which is where I sit watching the chooks when I can't be arsed to do anything.  South facing it is.

What this place needs is a curry house. Could you see it? Has anyone ever had a flock wallpapered shed?

Today I showed my nephew around my shed today, well we opened the door and he looked in.  He thought it was great.  He's building a wind turbine, a small one, just for the sake of it.  I asked him if it would generate enough electricity for me to make a cup of tea in my shed, all I got from him was a laugh.  Not sure if a wind turbines are allowed on allotments. ::)

Lily

If they are not then they bloody well should be - ask Emmalou whether they are allowed on hers as she is becoming the expert on what is and isn't and how to get round it if it isn't.

He's very inventive, my nephew, only 18yrs old. 

He recently spent 6 months in a remote part of Northern Scotland as a trainee instructor for an outward bound centre.  One of his first tasks was to sail, alone, to a remote island and fend for himself.  Then he had to persuade others (as a team building exercise) to do the same.  Companies paid to go to this centre!!  He really enjoyed it. 

Wardy - I'll put the idea to him for a composting lavvy  ;D and see what he comes up with, I'm sure he'll just laugh at me, thinking I'm his eccentric Aunt with an allotment.  ;D  ;D  ;D

Lily

For the time being, I'm going to stick with my bucket of wood chip combined with sage leaves  ;).  Only 2 of us work on the lottie.  All the other plot holders either live next to their plots and are men.  And I can imagine where they aim straight for when they have the call of nature - the compost bin :o  :o. 

Each plot is very private, so anything can happen and not sure if you would be seen.  But us ladies are more genteel, and a bucket in the shed is much more civilised. ;D I've even put a curtain up at the window, just to add to the privacy. :)

Lily

When I told a colleague at work about the bucket and that I emptied it on the compost, she said 'Oh I'm not eating anything from your allotment then'  I had to restrain myself from telling her about all the chemical 'gumph' (not sure what that means but it seemed an appropriate word  ;D) that goes into all the stuff that she buys from the supermarket.  I also mentioned that is is possible to recycle Number 2's  :-[, she shut up after that. ;D  ;D

People and allotments, what is it about us all. ;D  ;D  ;D

Lily

A friend of mine won't buy any dirty veg and once returned celery because the base of stems were covered in muck - God help us!!!  and she thinks I'm crackers. ::)

It's people like that, that contribute to the supply and demand of the produce we see in the shops today.  I've seen fruit (Lemons) in the supermarket that say ' Not great lookers but great juicers' they were dead cheap.  People are buying with their eyes.  How fruit and veg looks on the outside, is not necessarily what it looks like on the inside.

I'll put my 'soap box' away now.  ;D  ;D  ;D

Lily

It's funny how I've got less fussy about dirty/damaged veg since growing my own. I now happily eat chard leaves that the slugs have also been enjoying and don't cut all the blemishes off tomatoes, etc. I just can't bear to waste anything after all that work! And I'd rather eat a bit of mud than chemicals!

Anyway - back on topic. My shed contains: all the usual gardening stuff, two bikes, envelopes (for collecting seed, which I keep forgetting to do), lots of loose compost and mud, a chest of drawers full of string, left-hand gloves and old plant labels, several friendly spiders, a leak in the roof, bags of bags, bags of polysteryne, an old lantern (but no candles), bottles of water, um... oh and since I tidied up in there - room to move!

Gawd help us.

QuoteA friend of mine won't buy any dirty veg and once returned celery because the base of stems were covered in muck - God help us!!!  and she thinks I'm crackers.  ::)

QuoteWhen I told a colleague at work about the bucket and that I emptied it on the compost, she said 'Oh I'm not eating anything from your allotment then'

I don't think I can say anything more appropriate than Wardy's

QuoteOh some people are just dead stupid!  Don't waste your breath on em   :-X

Just don't mention sheds to me. Haven't got what I call a PROPER shed BUT. The sunroom still has bird cages all along back wall that husband built when he bred canaries, also got hundreds of plant pots in there which I keep meaning to throw out!! also some trough type things which Charlie thought would be good for growing toms in (you put grow bag in each trough and a wick is inserted so toms never get dry.) also still has his table saw in there!! The ex pigeon loft I keep most of the "digging tools"in" Charlies workshed (outhouse ouside back door) I keep things like strimmers, hedgecutters etc in (would have to break through two doors to steal them) The garage is fortunately quite big 20ft  x 10ft so car goes in there but I keep finding things that Charlie had in there. There is a water filter (glazed type thing) which still has original charcoal in it. I know we have had it for 33years when we bought the filling station and the old boy had the garage for 40 years so God knows how old that is. Have also found about half hundred weight of galvanised nails which he used when he supplied and made fencing.. I thought I had given all his tools (cross cut saw, metal cutting machine etc etc) to my son and son-in-laws but still finding things. I kept his drills, cordless screwdriver etc as I can handle them!!!!
He really loved tools, you name it he had it!! If he saw something advertised he would say "Get that for me please" When I pointed out that as he was badly disabled he wouldn't be able to use it. His answer was "I know but probably the kids would like to borrow it!!!!" I wonder if he put a pot of gold anywhere ;D ;D