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22-10-2007, 09:33 AM
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 Over the moon!  I have an allotment!!! It's none of the ones in the pictures though - I asked about the horrendously overgrown one on my favourite site and ended up not only getting it but rent free till 2009 too! It's going to be a crazy amount of work to clear it, I'm going to need an axe and the world's toughest gloves but I don't care! I'm so, so happy to have a plot and on such a fabulous, well tended, family friendly site I'm going to see if I can get on the site later today and take some pics for you all to tut and shake your heads over  Thanks again to everyone who took the time to look through all my pics and listen to me waffle. I'm off for a little cry now! Claire      |
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22-10-2007, 09:38 AM
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| Let me be the first to congratulate you, enjoy yourself clearing it and enjoy the planting even more.
__________________ Kindest regards, David. http://pigletsplots.blogspot.com/ updated - Sunday 19th at 2100hrs |
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22-10-2007, 09:46 AM
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| I'll be the 2nd to congrat you, well done. Take before and after pix to show us your progress. Take it slow and steady. Clear a little, cover it to prevent it re-weeding. Then clear the next bit. You'll get there!
__________________ ~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi |
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22-10-2007, 09:52 AM
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| Oh well done - I'm still on the list for my local lotties - but living in hopes!
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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22-10-2007, 10:03 AM
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| Oh Seahorse! How fab is that?! Just the right time of year too - plenty of time to get clearing it before spring! I got mine exactly a year ago today and I've had so much satisfaction from it - I'm sure you're going to love it! Happy digging!
__________________ smiling is infectious....http://www.thehudsonallotment.blogspot.com/ updated 28th May 2008 |
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22-10-2007, 10:05 AM
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| Congratulations especially getting a plot at your favourite site. You've now got several months to make a decent start clearing it before any real planting begins. Additionally if its not been used for so long the soil should be full of nutrients (thats what I was told anyway!). Finally if its really bad I'd consider hiring machinery for at least a day to get you started.
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22-10-2007, 10:21 AM
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| congradulations seahorse on finding your piece of heaven.
__________________ ---) CARL (---- ILFRACOMBE NORTH DEVON a seed planted today makes a meal tomorrow! www.freewebs.com/carlseawolf  now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08 |
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22-10-2007, 10:30 AM
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| congradulations seahorse it was this time last year we got ours, hard work pays of ours had not been sed for a year or two so the beds were well rested have a bonfire with all the weeds we did was fun
__________________ Some things in their natural state have the most VIVID colors  Dobby |
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22-10-2007, 10:35 AM
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| Brilliant Seahorse, Bet you can't wait to get started, good luck and take it slowly! You have all winter to clear so please go easy on your back! Mandy
__________________ No mater when time you set out, you always get there at the same time   |
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22-10-2007, 10:39 AM
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| Many congratulations, Claire. Have fun, but remember to just do a bit at a time and cover against weeds. This time next year you'll be telling us all about the huge harvest you had .
__________________ A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown) |
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22-10-2007, 11:06 AM
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| Fantastic news, Claire! Make sure you take lots of piccies!
__________________ Hazel www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com update Tues 02/12/2008......End of year report!..... |
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22-10-2007, 11:13 AM
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| That's great news claire, so chuffed for you, it's sooooo exciting isn't it! Lainey lou
__________________ Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become. |
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22-10-2007, 01:20 PM
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| Wonderful news.... remember to take lots of photos!!! You can start your Xmas pressi list too now! If you have a chance, try and get some fruit trees and bushes in now, and you'll gain a year before for cropping. Pink wellies for the girls too?????  |
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22-10-2007, 02:21 PM
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| What brilliant news. As everyone has said, take it gently. Better to dig a row and be able to do more next day than to dig two and need a week to recover! |
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22-10-2007, 03:01 PM
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| WOO_HOO!!! Well done Don't do too much at once, and when you get the "lottie blues" (equivelant to baby blues - the excitement wears off, reality strikes and you have to cry for a couple of days..!) we'll all send virtual hugs to get you through... Get all your relatives/friends saving up their cardboard boxes, sounds like you might need them!
__________________ Sarah “Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” |
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22-10-2007, 03:32 PM
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| Ohhh, fantastic news, how exciting Claire!!!! Time to start planning as well as digging, I bet you can't wait to get started Wishing you hours of enjoyment and plates full of veggies
__________________ Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance |
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22-10-2007, 05:03 PM
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22-10-2007, 06:20 PM
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| Well done you! Repeat of all the advice you've already been given, plus if the time is right when you've cleared an area please do plant or sow something. That way you get to see something growing instead of masses of old carpet, cardboard or black weed suppressant material. It's a good time of year to get started clearing though. I took mine on in October 2 years ago and it was hard work, lots of brambles and docks. Needed to be cut down and roots dug out, but at least the annual weeds and grass should either stop growing from now on. Come Spring you should have enough useable space to grow some really good crops. Please let us know how you get on, and good luck. |
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22-10-2007, 06:23 PM
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| Well Done CLaire, Glad to see you took our advice
__________________ ntg  Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/ ================================================== The All New Home page of Hartshill Allotments full of useful bits http://www.hags.btik.com |
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22-10-2007, 07:33 PM
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| Hi Claire. How time flies. This time 7 months ago i took on something similar in Derby and its AMAZING with the little by little approach how things transform so quickly. I actually had the choice between a nicely cleared plot ready to plant(no character whatsoever) or the jungle i opted for(full of wildlife and shape). Got to say that the pleasure you get from cutting down a large plot of brambles is immense........YES IT REALLY IS. Even little by little it wont take long. ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY, Minty
__________________ " If it tastes like chicken THEN EAT CHICKEN " :- Kermit The Frog http://mohicans-allotment.blogspot.com/ |
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22-10-2007, 07:47 PM
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| Well done Claire! Looking forward to seing the piccies and going "Ooooh! Mine used to be like that!" As someone else mentioned, just in time for bonfire night!
__________________ My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE) |
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22-10-2007, 09:00 PM
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| Congrats Claire, hope you have as much fun on it as we have!
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 26th November2008 - more new piccies! |
