Gardening in the dark!

**SarzWix** · 28-04-2008, 11:37 PM

Ha ha ha, I was doing that the other night down at the allotment - 'just one more weed...' with the storm lantern next to me, and the dog whining to go home

It's so peaceful down there at that time though, the birds all singing for their supper.... Bliss.

**Topaz** · 29-04-2008, 07:33 AM

not good tho when you fall over a bucket on way out of greenhouse because you cant see. I did just that and ended up with a huge whacking bruise on my shin ..........wont do that again in a hurry

**Headfry** · 29-04-2008, 07:59 AM

I'm just the same, I love working till I can no longer see, and it is totally a case of 'just one more weed'
and yes, I have even worn my head light thingy!

StarWix- where did you get the storm lantern from?

**Bren In Pots** · 29-04-2008, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by janeyo View Post

I did think about wearing a head torch but thought the neighbours might report me as a prowler,

Would be a good way of spotting slugs

**bluemoon** · 29-04-2008, 01:05 PM

I do this all the time. A quick visit to the lottie turns into five hours and I only come home because I can't see. It does have some advantages, especially as evening is when the wildlife emerges. On Sunday night, when it started to drizzle I thought; 'Just a bit of rain, no problem'. By the time I heard the first rumble of thunder it was way too late, my coat and brolly were in the car and by the time I reached it I was soaked to my undies and so had no choice but to go home. The embarrassing part is that had I reached my coat before the heavens opened I'd have stayed and hidden in the shed until it eased, then tried to do 'just a bit more'. And I'm now planning on keeping a spare set of clothes in the car in case it happens again. Obsessed? Me? Never!

**Mikey** · 29-04-2008, 03:48 PM

Come on guys, you just aren't being fair, the birds are singing for their supper, and you're ferreting around in the dark. If you give them those last twenty minutes before bed they can get at all those juicy worms you dig up.

**janeyo** · 29-04-2008, 08:23 PM

Tonight I was garening in the dark AND the poe=uring rain. I had my mac on, hood up, on a kneeler and thoght it was just spitting. So engrossed in what I was doing - when I stood up it was peeing down and I was absolutely soaked, lol

Loved every minute

janeyo

edited to say NOT loving the 14 gnatbites on the base of my spine that I must have got last night. There must have been a wee gap at the back as I was weeding and bending and the little so and so got me good and proper. My 3 yr old counted them this morning and then told everyone on our shopping trip all about them, lol

**Mikey** · 30-04-2008, 09:46 AM

You'd have noticed it if you were in not so sunny south wales. I was struggling for traction on the roads for the volume of water. The gnats were obviously looking for shelter in any nook and cranny.

**Becca** · 30-04-2008, 12:22 PM

wasn't till I got a lottie that I found out that there appears (at least on my plot) to be a much less famous dusk chorus.. always enjoy that, very pleasant just me and the birds as the light fades..

**Mikey** · 30-04-2008, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by Becca View Post

wasn't till I got a lottie that I found out that there appears (at least on my plot) to be a much less famous dusk chorus.. always enjoy that, very pleasant just me and the birds as the light fades..

We have a delightful starling in our back garden that is taking the pounds of me. It waits for me to relax in the chair then mimics our telephone ring tone, up down, up down like a blinking yo-yo.

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