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Mixed my compost bins and put winter coats on two of them, covered my palleted bin, had a general tidy up, harvested some carrots and took them home with some stored spuds, give up after a couple of hours with the constant drizzle.  ;D ;D ;D

Absolutely diddly squat!

Only just home from work.Its thick(ish) with fog still but the sun is going to appear....or so the chap in the radio just said!

If the sun does appear I may venture up to the plot and dig a few "spits" and throw some manure in along the way.

Dan/Guys

I am going to suggest that we start a ne thread for 2009 as this is getting quite big now :)

Did nowt, Nursing a bad back. We've only got one kneeler so Tony being the elder gets that and I have to bend. The important jobs are done at the plot so am not worrying. Mind you if we go up there we are sure to find something to do.

Quote from: cambourne7 on November 28, 2008, 12:58:56
Dan/Guys

I am going to suggest that we start a ne thread for 2009 as this is getting quite big now :)

Good idea Cam 8)....1st Jan, you thinking?

Lovely clearing-up day in a client's garden today in sun and no wind....praying that our good weather continues tomorrow....my own garden needs it :-[

Quote from: shirlton on November 28, 2008, 18:14:13
Did nowt, Nursing a bad back. We've only got one kneeler so Tony being the elder gets that and I have to bend.

try using a newspaper folded that what i do when i forget where i've put my kneeler :-\.

I was down the lotty this morning and having a chat to a bloke who sticks his head over his back garden-wall most times I'm down there, the conversation was about the old boy two up from me it was only about four weeks ago he was taken into hospital and unfortunately he died last week, his allotment is a cracker I have never seen onions like he had this year, sorry to sound morbid but because of ill health and people packing in I should imagine that there are four allotments going on our allotments for next year,

Just got back after only an hour down (feeling  poorly with a bad cold)the plot,thought the walk in the fresh air would make me feel better...i don't :'(. But came back with Parsnips, Leeks,Cabbage,Sprouts,Sherlots and Butternut squash.

Spent 3 hours at the plot with the kids.  Got the shed tidied up, the lottie tidied up, 2 rows of red onions and 2 rows of snowball onions in, burnt some of the pile of gooseberry prunings, did some weeding and covered some more of plot and dismantled the net cage over the brussells, they've blown so seemed pointless protecting them!  Hurt now....time for a hot bath and some painkillers I think.  :)

Harvested some parsnips and used my cultivater on a small area but it was too wet to do much else and it was too bloody cold,  :'(  so I went home instead for a bacon sarnie with daddies brown of course.  :P     ;D ;D ;D

Wet this morning but dry and cold this afternoon, so went down to the lottie. Harvested some red cabbage for dinner. Ate the last few autumn raspberries. The garlic, winter onions and butterhead lettuce seem to be progressing well. The sprouts, leeks, parsnips and kale are waiting to be eaten. Noticed some field beans (green manure) coming through, but the broad beans aren't showing yet.  Phacelia (another green manure) is flowering so I suppose I should dig it in. Made a bonfire and admired the sunset.  Lovely!

yesterday harvested the last of my beet roots, some carrots and calabrese.

today filled the bird feeders and broke the ice in the ponds and bird watering holes.

Nothing yet, but if the ground thaws out in an hour or so I might...  ;D

Just went to check things was ok and slipped on the ice and fell in  the mud ::) ::) ::)

Quote from: trinity on December 03, 2008, 14:33:52
Just went to check things was ok and slipped on the ice and fell in  the mud ::) ::) ::)

Gosh are you ok??

I have put the site to bed for the year spent the last 2 days deep cleaning the house :( not as much fun!

At 9am on a bitterly cold frosty morning I'd wheeled 20 barrow loads of manure onto the plot. Am so glad it's over and done with.

Dug over another large area and incorporated lots of manure.  It was a great day for digging. The soil was very easy to work, after a hard frost.  Also harvested the last of the beetroot, plus some spinach.

I am fine ;D I have fell over 14 times today :o :o :o my 4 year old must have fell over 50 or so times  :o :o :o nobody seems to salt there path anymore  :-\ so the paths where thick with ice supposed to snow tomorrow and the ice is still there so I can see me falling over even more ::) ::) ::) good thing i have so many clothes on and already have some extra padding (tho not that much my bum is just a bit to big ;D ) or I think I would have broken something :o

Quote from: cambourne7 on November 28, 2008, 12:58:56
Dan/Guys

I am going to suggest that we start a ne thread for 2009 as this is getting quite big now :)

I agree with this and think it may be more use long term if it was also done on a month by month basis
eg What we did today Jan 09 etc. This would make it easier later on to compare with years gone by.

Been to the lotty to see if the overflow pipe I put in from my trench is working and it is, so  if I get your run off someone else will get mine ;D,