Allotments 4 All

Now I've got to log on early and postpone the trip into town - ahem, postman arrival time please Suzanne?  ;D

Well maybe we should ease the pressure off with a few good gardening jokes,don't forget we are not in the Watershed!!


Old Gardeners never die, they just  go to seed....

Real Gardeners are perennial they spring into life again every Spring.....

To be a true lottie gardener you must.............

have greenthumbs and dirty fingernails
have a sense of humour and be optimistic
dress funny and wear  wellies
be able to talk about manure in any situation
have an aptitude for hiding seeds
share
go into raptures at the first potato
spend Christmas reading seed catalogues
appear completely off the wall to all your"other"friends
have very long suffering partners
be expert at skip dipping

come on folks I have made a start.....


What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumkin by it's diameter?

XX Jeannine

A pie!!!!

Well done but where is your joke !!

Postie has arrived and parcel is in my hands!

Now I am going to "slope off" for a bit. Will update you all later on tonight - once I have surfaced again.

Some jokes for Jeannine before i go.

Why do potatoes make good detectives?
Because they keep their eyes peeled!

Don't groan, I have a small childs sense of humour - simple things make me laugh!

Why do melons have fancy weddings?
Because they cantaloupe.


And a bit of culture - shakespeare in the garden.


Compostaphile and Compostaphobe -- To rot or not to rot . . .

Sorry, Jeannine - brain hadn't woken up -will go and find some ;)

Now for the post parcel opening analysis! I have seen them do this on the telly after a footie match - seed swap parcel opening, sorting, taking out and putting back in is all worthy of an in depth report. Also you asked for running commentary - and I can be a bit literal!

The delivery
Firstly wasn't expecting th parcel to get here so quickly, but I had spotted the postie coming up the drive with a package. When he thinks its a seed swap he does this rather nervously - experience has made him wary. Usually he hopes just to signal me, leave it on the doorstep and make good his get away. But Goodlife you outfoxed him - it had to be signed for. I fumbled with the keys for a bit and on third attempt managed to get the door open, squealed and took the parcel and closed the door. He knocked again and made me sign the pad thingy.......and then made a hasty retreat!
I now had the parcel.  ;D

The opening
Unfortunately my OH heard the commotion and duly reminded me of everything I had to do today...........all chores. Plus needed to go over to my Mums and drop some stuff off. So had an agonising 3 hours before I could get to open the parcel. It was worse than being 4 on Christmas Eve.

Anyway when I finally had some time to myself, I poured myself a glass on the fizzy wine from M&S dine in for £10. Decided this was dangerous in case I split it so left it in the kitchen whilst I went into the conservatory.

I took off the brown wrapping.

THERE ARE TWO PARCELS!! Both HUGE  ;D ;D

Went in the kitchen sipped wine to steady myself. (I must add this was well past the sun being over the yard arm, just in case anyone thinks I am a bit free with the vino).


Went back in for the sorting.

The collection - this is where it gets bit serious!

Gobsmackingly brilliant. I have taken pinches of all sorts. Some beans; some squashes; love the idea of grow your own Christmas Tree so have taken some of these; some ofthe Dutchmans pipe from Sicily; some of the own saved cowslips; and some Giant Red carrots.

I look forward to growing some Tiger Nuts - but would love to know how. Do they grow outaside - do I need to put them in a greenhouse?

Also I have taken some of the Blaby Special Toms.

I have put back in some unusual varieties which I hope you will all like, including a few I bought from Baker Creek this Spring

Thank you Jeannine and JayB for doing this - absolutely fantastic!

I am ready to pack everything up again and post it to............who knows where. I will pm Jeannine for the next addy, post a clue and get it into the post office on Monday.

;D ;D ;D

Oh good another happy camper.. I do hope you buy your postie a Chrissie pressie.

I don't think ours thinks we are all there. The parcel guy has frequently delivered large parcels clearly marked from seed companies, we had one that the box was damaged so we had to open it.. contents were fine but he left thinking we were quite nuts,2 old wrinklies in a top floor apartment with a Mantis . Then  he brought a box, very heavy, from a greenhouse supply company, said it right on the label,then came the 3 tier light fitting with a picture on the box, actually boxes would be more correct it came in 5. Then seed catalogues from all over the world, followed by packages with return labels from seed potato companies and seed companies generally. One box was very  very big but quite  lightweight, I signed for it and he said,I have to ask and pointed to the box.. I thought he was going to faint when I told  him it had 1100 plant pots in ,  mind you I could have said that 1000 were jiffy discs  but why spoil his day.The heated propagator took up  a lot of space!!  I can't wait to see his face the day he delivers the Zoo Poo. Bless him

So have fun my dear , I will send you the next addy shortly.

XX Jeannine

Fantastic!

Don't worry our postie is well rewarded.

LOL Suzanne, your posts brought tears of laughter to my eyes, thanks for sharing  ;D
If you go back a page or so there is a bit on Tiger nuts which may help.

Did you have lots of sucess with your Tiger nuts Jayb, I used to love those as a kid, I bought some a couple of years ago but they were not what I remembered, much tougher, still interesting to grow them I expect.

XX Jeannine

Am I having a senior moment here. I thought that tiger nuts were those little chewy caramel things ;D.

Ohhhhhh...That was wonderful...Suz...I'm crying here.. ::)..re living the moment only couple of days ago... ;D

...now..did I over acted my reactions for the parce?l..one just cannot, once one sees the THE parcel.. ;D ;)

Okay - the eagle is ready to fly, and it will be flying to a A4A member with a shed that's the envy of most!

I think spy-gate may have affected me slightly. Sorry about the clue........................................it's dead easy, cryptic isn't my forte. But by all accounts I'd make a cracking russian spy, they weren't very good at cryptic either.

Tiger nuts seem to do really well and very easy to grow. I loved them as a kid too  :) yes once they really dry out they are quite hard.

Granny, I've no idea what the little chewy caramel things called but they sound yummy  ;D

Yipee the next clue  ;D

only person i know with an amazing shed is Deb P  ;D