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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: Amazin on June 10, 2008, 23:43:56

Title: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Amazin on June 10, 2008, 23:43:56
... the scrap of paper on which I hastily scribbled which potatoes I'd planted where...    :-\
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: longlad on June 11, 2008, 00:44:08
... the fact that yet again the plot was not big enough
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: djbrenton on June 11, 2008, 08:00:24
The third brass tap key I've had to replace.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: wilko on June 11, 2008, 08:23:29
That I'm getting better at this  :D  ( hopefully  :-\ )
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: STEVEB on June 11, 2008, 08:28:55
That im still learning !!
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: froglets on June 11, 2008, 08:31:26
...that I didn't really need 102 leeks and 50 cabbage.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: trinity on June 11, 2008, 08:31:57
That i have been offered an allotment (hopefully ::)) to late to grow any thing :'(
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: manicscousers on June 11, 2008, 08:38:38
ray's mulit purpose knife that's buried somewhere  ;D
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 11, 2008, 09:07:12
that Winter Radish still taste awful
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: antipodes on June 11, 2008, 09:38:33
...that the surprise potatoes did better than the lovingly planted ones...
...that I grew more weeds than veg...
...that green tomato jam is a girl's best friend...
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: GrannieAnnie on June 11, 2008, 11:14:17
that I should have persevered weeding when the temps hit 37.77C in mid June.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Kendy on June 11, 2008, 11:24:03
The leftover seed potatoes which I ordered in surplus !
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Mr Smith on June 11, 2008, 19:45:59
That I still need to do more work to get it to the standard I wan t for next year ;)
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: glosterwomble on June 11, 2008, 20:05:55
... that I didn't need 2 old biscuit tins FULL of packets of seed!! 5 varieties of leek anyone?
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Able on June 11, 2008, 20:14:08
......I really enjoyed it and that I want to have another season.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Deb P on June 11, 2008, 23:36:48
.........at least two pairs of secateurs in the compost bins.....! ;D
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Suzanne on June 12, 2008, 00:20:45
The will to carry on filling in the speadsheets for crop rotation, varieties planted and yields lovingly prepared in the winter when the growing season was months away.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: GodfreyRob on June 12, 2008, 08:35:29
I really will clean out all the plant pots and seeds trays for next spring, honest...
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: manicscousers on June 12, 2008, 09:03:35
that I'm amazed how much we managed to grow , regardless of the weather and pests  ;D
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: bridgehouse on June 12, 2008, 09:25:31


My first season on the new plot was the best ever [so far]
     Bridgehouse.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: caroline7758 on June 12, 2008, 09:38:56
that I need a bigger greenhouse (think I know already actually!)
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Pumper on June 12, 2008, 10:05:26
That all my friends avoid me if I have a bag of runner beans in my hand...
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: djbrenton on June 12, 2008, 10:20:00
Quote from: Pumper on June 12, 2008, 10:05:26
That all my friends avoid me if I have a bag of runner beans in my hand...

QFT
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: The Amateurs on June 12, 2008, 11:24:14
That i need a new recipe book on things to cook with courgettes/marrows and runner beans  :D
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: greenstar on June 12, 2008, 21:03:25
...knicker elastic in the compost bin, again.  My 5 year old has an aversion to pants and thinks we won't find them in the compost.
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Magnolia on June 12, 2008, 21:11:10
that I still cant grow beetroot
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: manicscousers on June 12, 2008, 21:22:41
Quote from: greenstar on June 12, 2008, 21:03:25
...knicker elastic in the compost bin, again.  My 5 year old has an aversion to pants and thinks we won't find them in the compost.
aren't kids great  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: STEVEB on June 12, 2008, 21:23:28
Quote from: Suzanne on June 12, 2008, 00:20:45
The will to carry on filling in the speadsheets for crop rotation, varieties planted and yields lovingly prepared in the winter when the growing season was months away.
that sounds like work work
Title: Re: At the end of the season I will find...
Post by: Suzanne on June 12, 2008, 23:38:28
Quote from: STEVEB on June 12, 2008, 21:23:28
Quote from: Suzanne on June 12, 2008, 00:20:45
The will to carry on filling in the speadsheets for crop rotation, varieties planted and yields lovingly prepared in the winter when the growing season was months away.
that sounds like work work

On a cold, wet anuary day, planning is the next best thing to actually bieng outside (excl A4A browsing that is).  ;D