Ive been lucky enuf not to be hit with floods where i live but am finding the weather very frustrating at the mo. When im at work its beautiful when im off its like a monsoon so i cant go to my new plot. Thank god for this site i say, many happy hours spent reading forum posts and learning learning learning. By the way was everyone as obsessed as i seem to be about the whole thing when they 1st started ;D
I'll second everything you've written helenruss!
weather in norfolk has been very changeable: blazing sunshine one minute torrential rain the next, but thankfully no floods.
and yes, during weekdays it's glorious, then as soon as I go out for lunch or start to walk home, the heavens open ::)
looking on the bright side, it means I don't have to worry about watering anything at the moment. am just V grateful that we haven't had any flooding.
..some wise words there.
I waited for a stimmer to get on top of the weeds and now with the weather the weeds are growing back before i can get to them. Its annoying, flustrating but i am warm and dry when i get home so i just need to work harder when i have the weather. Went out today on blue sky and 30 min later i was hiding in the shed from very heavy rain.
Home now and there is amazingly strong winds here so i doubt i can get back to the lotty.
Hi Helenruss
yes I was that obsessed and still am! Gardening magazines, this site, tv programmes, introducing allotment stuff into just about any conversation I can, going up there whenever the weather allows, buying even more seeds.........I think I am an allotment bore
I've been quite happy with the weather, allotment wise. I'm still in the initial digging phase and the damp soil is much easier to dig than when it was baked hard a month or three ago. Plus I've not had to bother with much watering or with hunting down a water but: my plot is the furtherest from the taps. So, so far not too bad, but I think that the rain might have buggered my courgettes as they don't seem to be doing much in terms of producing fruit and the leaves have started turning yellow :(
You're bound to get spells like this occasionally; I was flooded three times in my first year on the plot. You just have to soldier on, and plan for the not too distant future, when this is just a bad memory.
Hear Hear Robert!!
We've been lucky down here so far. Bournemouth doesn't really flood due to the lack of rivers but when those drains fill up...you never know!
As for obsessed - it just gets worse Helenruss. Worse and worse. ;D ;D ;D
Incurable, in fact.
;D
Obsessed, who is obsessed, not me. I am perfectly in control, as are my 200 varieties of toms and my 120 varieties of squash.
I can't be doing with obsessions !!
XX Jeannine
Exactly Jeanine - I'm in total control and loving it!!!!!!!!!!
;D
Glad to hear the obsession is not mine alone.. just a thought, what is it about the tea you make in ur shed that makes it taste si mighty fine lol
I don't know.....boasting a bit here.........we have a community hall with a full kitchen !! LOL XX Jeannine
OH and a library
Full kitchen!!!! arnt u the lucky 1 x
My OH abandoned all hope of ever seeing me for any length of time when I purchased a little portable stove to make tea when I'm down the lottie...... ;D
Weather today here in Hull is sunny and breezy, quite pleasant actually, our lottie ground is now dried out but covered in weeds. Joh is going to start the big clean up this week if the weather stays the same
We are lucky in that we don't flood around here, although the heavy rain has brought lots of pests/diseases. I have lost a few crops - all my toms to blight and all potatoes (although I managed to chop the tops off in time and seem to have quite alot of potatoes anyway) and a few other things. The weather has perked up though this weekend!! ;D It has been hot and sunny in Manchester today and yesterday. Here's to hoping that the weather continues to improve as we am going up to Whibty for a few days soon!
Same as Jeannine here in Npton and it was beautiful yesterday, started to rain in the evening just as I left, perfect.
I've been very lucky on my plot, it's a little higher than many others on my site who have been flooded out by the sheer volume of rain water.
I couldn't survive down my lottie without a cup of tea, no fitted kitchen or fresh running water, just a little gas burner like Deb, oh, and a bucket in the shed to put the used tea bags in. ;)
Addicted, obsessed, not me, just because I looked for allotment sites before I looked at properties on the web... (Should be moving in about six months)
It's fine here today, but the soil is so sodden it might as well be heavy clay rather than light loam.
It has been lovely and sunny all day, I have just come home after a productive afternoon on the plot ;D ;D ;D ;D
it's been a beautiful, sunny day here, bit of a chilly wind but, we needed it while working, I've just seen the forecast for tonight, 7 degrees, now, that's a bit cold for this time of year :o :o
It's nice on and off here in Durham. We didn't suffer with flooding like most of the rest of the country (thankfully) but it has rained almost every day to some degree since the rains began.
It really is nice to get into the shed tho' isn't it when it rains! I don't have any tea making facilities on mine (no community kitchen either) but I do have a bucket in the small shed to pee in when nature calls!
You can get a little gas thingy from camping shops, mine was less than £10, I just take some fresh milk and water and leave the tea bags there, wouldn't be without it.
manicscousers we hit 8 degrees here tonight frosts going to be next problem !
Trees have started shedding leaves or there going yellow, very odd.
Quote from: SnooziSuzi on July 29, 2007, 23:02:54
It really is nice to get into the shed tho' isn't it when it rains! I don't have any tea making facilities on mine (no community kitchen either) but I do have a bucket in the small shed to pee in when nature calls!
I take a flask of hot water with me a mug and tea bags. If i dont make a cuppa i use the water in a hot water bottle when i get back so no waste. RE bucket idea keep pack of baby wipes handy to wash hands.
I was introduced to the joys of little stoves by one of the regular gents down the plot.....he is down every day early, cooks himself a full english breakfast on his little portable stove. He asked if I had got one yet, could he inspect it.......looks exactly the same as his, but he noticed mine lit by itself when you put the gas full on.
'Doesn't yours do that then?', I asked?....'Oh no, I have to use matches to light mine........right pain it is, I'm always burning my fingers'
He came back after 5 minutes.......'Deb, I've just discovered mine does light like yours after all!'........he had of course, never bothered reading the instructions....... :-X ;D ;D
Oh, and the weather today is looking nice again, so I'm off soon to plant some more brassicas...... 8)
Spent nearly all day on my plot yesterday taking advantage of the sunshine to start clearing up in earnest after all the foul weather.
Nice to have a stove of sorts in your shed(if you are allowed).Picked mine up on Freecycle.Only had tea so far but the thought of cooking a breakfast up there is more appealing now the weather is imroving.
Cant wait for the Derby open day now......I will be able to let you know what Debs tea tastes like ;) ;D ;D
dry and sunny here brissle way had last week off now i am back at work also had to do housework :'( well the cat started scratching and then shared its lodger with me so spray and vac were required :-[ i am so jealous of those of you with sheds :P we are not allowed them so if i take a flask i can have a drink
but then a bit later mmmm you guess time to come home as we havn,t got toilets on site only the strong bladdered can spend all day there
marg
Well 4 the 1st time in ages it was a beautiful day and i was off!!!! The plot is looking good( now ive spent 4 hours weeding it!). Gonna try and knock a chicken coop together today.. Any advice lol
Helen