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Emptied my builders bag which had 3 Pentland Crown seeds in, I got 38 spuds from them, only 2 being no good    :-\
Also emtied 3 toy tubs which had Mira Sarpo in them, not very big but quite a few in them.   ;D

I have had a few good really busy week-ends of getting my bigger jobs done on the new plot.. my progress can be seen by clicking on my website link on my profile or signature..  Been working in the snow and sleet today.. see the last pics on my website.

A nice little bit of sunshine but very cold.  Planted out a purple raspberry and some sweet peas under a bottle cloche.  Rather envied the sheep in the next field their woolley coats right down to the ends of their noses. 

looking really good Gavin. Just moving water butts for me today as I had them all in one place so I thought I would put one in every corner and one in the middle less walking me thinks ;) and securing some loose fencing

Lovely pics on your website Gavin.  Amazing amount of work.

Today was spent in the garden in my head.

Well, it's the warmest place to be planning next years tactics.


I live not too ar away from Gavin. Just down the coast a bit.
It's freezing with some pretty intense hail-showers.
Not my thing at all.  :)

What a sense of satisfaction Gavin!!!

I'm very envious of all the materials you are using - it looks brilliant. I bet you're, quite rightly, very pleased.   ;)

Thanks peeps for the kind words... I really like to do the best I can with limited finances. I see the lottie as a way of saving money and growing delicious home grown veg at very little or no cost where I can.. I speak to everyone I see with items that can be useful on the plot and people really are pleased to give stuff away.

Today I delivered 10 poly carb roof sheets to the frozen (no need for wellies today) plot from someones conservatory... they will make a huge cold frame sometime!! 

Gavin freebies around here seem to be in very short supply, things that I used to be able to get easily like pallets,spent hops,horse manure, polypipe off cuts cant get them any more, just think theres to many of us skip diving now ;D

Hey Lottiman... thats bad news... Just keep looking...  ;D

I dug up quite a few jerusalem artichokes for sunday dinner.    :o    Cheers,     Tony.

Got the rest of the carrots up yesterday. was glad to meet a couple of people up there to lay some off.Less work for us.
Spent a couple of hours in the shed preparing and putting into sand boxes
Just got a few that were an awkward shape to fit in that will get chopped and frozen.

Dug up some carrots and leeks from the lottie this morning.   :D

Dug up parsnips ready for Christmas dinner :)

we are going the plot tmrw morning for our snips,brussels and a glass of bubbly to toast the plot and thank it for another great year. we always do this,its nice having a stroll there and back. Funny last year we saw another couple slinking about,looking faintly embaressed to be caught at the plot on christmas day!

Just been out... dug and trimmed the leeks, dug parsnips, and pulled some carrots...  :)

Pulled some carrots and dug up some artichokes so madam can take them into work for her chums, 'specially those who don't know the special properties of this veg'  .   ;D Tee Hee,    ;D  Cheers,     Tony.

Quote from: Kleftiwallah on December 24, 2011, 13:58:43

Pulled some carrots and dug up some artichokes so madam can take them into work for her chums, 'specially those who don't know the special properties of this veg'  .   ;D Tee Hee,    ;D  Cheers,     Tony.

How very thoughtfull of you Tony. What with them and the sprouts they will definitely have a F*****g Christmas ;D

Harvested some nice leeks, despite the rust which is worse than ever.
Sprouts haven't formed at all this year.
Wasn't able to get root crops in this year due to hospital stays Jan/June.

So, I've got leeks and my health back....not a bad harvest really!!

Happy Christmas to you all.