'The Big Allotment Challenge'

[Alison]

Ok but equaly Rhubarb and blueberries are going to take more than 15 weeks to produce a crop.

That's a fair point actually although at least they are things you could grow on a UK lottie. At the start they had totally empty plots and I don't remember anything other than seed sowing. Would have been better to explain these things if they had any interest in actually encouraging gardening, even if they had a communal fruit area which was already established. Think I had unrealistic expectations that this would reflect actual allotmenting but as things stand everything is half made already, a bit like using ready made pastry on Masterchef. Now I think about it I expressed concern about the competitive element of it and sadly I'm not being proved wrong .


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[alldigging]

I think it said something about fruit plants at the beginning but not enough to explain where they got enough blue berries from to even pretend to make jam.

[Bill HH]

The other thing is that if every time I grew a perfect radish or made a good pot of jam everybody came and hugged me I would throw in the towell and head for home. We are getting to damn huggy in this country its just not British. Whats wrong with a handshake and a "well done".

[alldigging]

The other thing is that if every time I grew a perfect radish or made a good pot of jam everybody came and hugged me I would throw in the towell and head for home. We are getting to damn huggy in this country its just not British. Whats wrong with a handshake and a "well done".

*hugs*

It's a lot harder to pick your pocket whilst shaking your hand?

[Nicos]

...you'd not cope here in France Bill.
Even the blokes kiss each other if they are best friends or family members

[bearded bloke]

[veggiechicken]

We like a cwtch in Wales - whatever the size of your radishes

[bearded bloke]

Silly VC this was bound to happen after a post like that

[Bill HH]

Now this kind of hugging and kissing (providing its in doors with the lights off) is ok by me.

[Nicos]

and so...looks like we have found a way to make The Big Allotment Challenge more viewer friendly???

[Alison]

and so...looks like we have found a way to make The Big Allotment Challenge more viewer friendly???

Although I am slightly worried as to how we got from radish to this!

[Snadger]

Can't be arrised to read through all the posts but I got up and walked away half way through the programm to find something interesting to do................like watching paint dry!

[WendyC]

You and half the viewers.

[george356]

Can't be arrised to read through all the posts but I got up and walked away half way through the programm to find something interesting to do................like watching paint dry!

Snadge. it must be a Geordie thing, as I posted earlier, "I have some drying paint that needs a good watching"

[Ananke]

We like a cwtch in Wales - whatever the size of your radishes

I read that in a Welsh accent, I didn't know I could do a Welsh accent. Need to try it out loud now