Wet, wet, wet!

Totally and utterly wet, drowned, quagmire etc etc, I now feel like a broken record rattling on to people about how wet everything is! One mistake you make when you take on an allotment is to tell the world and his dog that you have done so, at first this is great because they ask all the right questions and are excited for you etc but then when like me you haven't been able to do jack all they still ask all the same questions (am I making sense? I think I'm rambling now!)
It's great that people are wanting to know how you're doing but now I'm constantly saying ' nah, too wet at the moment, just a load of mud. Roll on spring'

My job, I might add, is hairstylist so I see approx. 10 - 14 clients a day not to mention all the other stylists clients. The thing with my job is that generally I see a client around every 5 - 6 weeks so when they come in to see me for the next trim etc we play catch up with each others lives, hence me talking about the fact that people keep asking me about the plot. I'm starting to feel like I'm loosing the plot!

I don't work Mondays so generally I think that is going to be my day down on the plot aswell as evenings in the summer. I had a quick jaunt down there on Mon just gone to go and check on the plastic that's down to make sure it was all pinned down still.


Skip Raiding!!
Wombling activities have now shot through the roof!! We've had a skip around the corner from our house since before Christmas which I've had a steady stream of items from (picture the scene.... 2 grown men struggling and I do mean struggling to lug home some old breeze blocks) breeze blocks, windows, guttering, stone etc etc It'll all come in handy, I just need to be careful that I don't allow the plot to start to resemble Steptoes's yard!
I managed to remember to take the camera with me, the one above is standing at the shed looking back down the plot, it doesn't really look much different from the photo in November when I was clearing it. Look at it as a (very much) before picture, I'm going to take pics from here to compare over the summer.

Normal service has been resumed.

I'm going to sound very 'Bah Humbug' now, thank the lord we are back to normal life! I do like Christmas but I really can't cope with the chaotic build up and commercialism (I will remind the readers that I am only 34 although I sound like an 80 year old).

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'm so glad that we are in 2007 and to celebrate I ordered my seeds for the allotment last night (I do know how to live!)
I ended up spending ages poring over seed catalogues trying to work out what to buy. I have now bought all my seeds from three different catalogues.
I wanted to support The Real Seed Company, as I mentioned in an earlier post but I also quite liked the idea of trying different companies to see who offered good service, delivery and so on.
So my list is thus :

The Real Seed Company

Broccoli..............................'Green Heading'
Courgette..........................'Verde di Italia' and 'Pattison Orange'
Leeks................................'Bleu de Solaise'
Squash..............................'Waltham Butternut'
Sweetcorn........................'Double Standard'

Simpsons Seeds

Cabbage.........................'Savoy Best of All' and 'Tundra'
Courgette......................'Tondo di Chiaro di Nizza'
Green Manure.............'Phacelia'
Spinach..........................'Bloomsdale'

Marshalls

Onions...........................'Red Baron' and 'New Fen Globe'
Tomatoes......................'Gardener's delight' and 'Alicante'


Potatoes have yet to be ordered and they are probably going to be from an offer in Gardeners world magazine. I have spent a reasonable amount (not too much) and I'm really excited to get sowing which I know isn't for a while.

It's suddenly crossed my mind that someone out there might actually be reading this and if that is so would you please accept my apologies for the bad spelling, grammar and punctuation!!!!!!! Also if you are reading this and you have loads of useful information, tips, handy hints or you just want to say hi and tell me about you then please do, I'd love to hear from you!


A Gloucester allotment