Allotments 4 All

Raining hard now so have decided to give the house a bit of a clean as have neglected it over that last few weeks

Middle son got married last week end !! and the rest of my free time I was at the allotment :)

Have been sitting here spending too much time reading A4A posts!! Should be hoovering or sorting greenhouse out ;D At least next door (daughter) set off for Spain at 2am so I won't get usual Sunday interuptions, unless other 4 children turn up :o

That sounds familiar  ;D

all my boys live so close and if they know I am in I have at least one family call in and then they stay for a meal.

just finished cleaning wet room now onto main bedroom  >:(

hope you did not have to do the airport run  ???

i am running around after two boys who are making mess as fast as i can clear it up.  nothing new there then!! they are doing art and craft in the kitchen at the moment, one is making a crocodile out of egg boxes and stuff and the other is making a mask to frighten his aunt with later on. i am hanging up washing; hoovering; picking up stuff stuff stuff........

Been for a long walk in the rain, saw 26 different sorts of birds including a cuckoo and hundreds of swallows and martins.

As a reward have just had a lovely cup of hot chocolate and now plan to do some work so that I can have some time on the allotment when - if - it stops raining.

Was feeling very virtuous and doing a bit of hoovering to remove, amongst other general dust, fire ash etc, the soil from my boots wandering in & out of the garden.  I made it to the loft where my office is & have been reading 8 pages of posts on A4A since.

Now about to descend & Goretex up to go and visit a yellow book garden in the rain, well, it is for charity mate.

Cats and dogs all yesterday late afternoon and today :(, its meant to be windy here tomorrow so I've been out to the plastic greenhouse to battern it down and take trays of plants off the shelves and onto the floor, might give the loft a tidy later after my bacon and mushroom sandwich.  :P ;D ;D ;D

I am playing on the computer in my flannel jammies and John is planting corn in the rain...life is so toughXX Jeannine

Guilt-free watching of Monaco grand prix

Us too asbean!  Well, if you can't get to the lottie.... ;)

I'm trying to decide if it's a good thing to want a beer whilst I join in the only sane activity... watching Monaco.

It's nearly lunch time olliec so a beer is almost a necessity  ;)  enjoy  ;D  ;D

Kello Kitten, thank you for the support. ;D

Hi all,

I just got home, wet and muddy. I found lots of thick black plastic in a skip
and I know where theres another with blue pipe in it for collection tomorrow.
I cleared some ground and I planted out a block of sweetcorn on it
before rain stopped play.
Took pictures of Anglia Waters marking out of the site, which is illegal,
and got suitably outraged as I will lose two thirds of plot number two.

Now I`m drinking coffee, getting warm and ranting.
I should be packing as I`m going to Disneyland Paris on Tuesday.  ;D

Col

nice to see that the men are watching TV and us girls are working hard ???

I am still in my jim jams too !!!

Catching up on paperwork and forum reading! And worrying about my french beans that I planted out yesterday after minimal hardening off!

:) cropping insect photos and drinking wine- not in jim jams- and watching the baby birds, and cooking dinner  ;D/shades x

Got soaking wet picking the broad beans for lunch.......but they did taste good.

Hi Guys & Gals.

I was out till 1am visiting friends so only got out of bed about midday ( hubbie made me a mixed grill yum )

I am however being forced to watch the grand prix but the rains 2 heavy here to go to the lotty and the wind is a little 2 strong. I have pulled the cover up on my mini greenhouse to allow the plants to harden off a little so i can move them right up to the lotty and in.

I am going to get dinner on in a mo as it tastes better if its cooked long and slow, its Carbonnade of Beef with Wholegrain Mustard Croutons. If anyone fancys the recipie  you can get it from :-http://www.ocado.com/content/html/recipes3/carbonnadeOfBeef.html

Just need to get a fresh bagutte for the mustard croutons so i might wander over to the shops and pick up the sunday paper as well and have a lazy weekend. I have to say it feels very strange a bit like when you get back from a holiday you think hang on its 2pm i should be at the beach not going back to work after lunch :-(

Cambourne7

I'm fairly new to the gardening and after spending an eventful day at the allotment with some help from my aunt, i having withdrawal symptons, this evening were going to a bbq our friends covered their back garden with sheeting yesterday to make like a roof and there still planning on going a head with it!