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    any phrase, with a revised definition - hope this is allowed

    "forced rhubarb" - garden produce given without the option to say no by the recipient

    "raised bed" - orthopedic sleeping device favoured by those whose backs have given out after too much digging

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    "greenhouse" - a glasshouse that's desperately in need of cleaning.

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    • #3
      deep digging - really like, liking, your allotment maaaaaan

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      • #4
        Windbreak - usually from eating too many sprouts.
        I work very hard so please don't expect me to think as well!

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        • #5
          Bolting....run away, run away...
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            Blue Tits - the allotment in winter.
            Great Tits - the allotment in summer.

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            • #7
              Propagator - Essex term of approval for a large crocodile-shaped animal

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              • #8
                Fork - colloquial expression when you hurt yourself

                Hoe - colloquial expression when you are about to hurt someone else.

                Shovel - what you do when you see someone else going to hurt someone else

                propagate - colloquial expression when you chat over the fence

                Bill

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                • #9
                  Seed - past tense of verb "to see"

                  A Polytunnel - One of many tunnels

                  Sowing - attaching seeds (cf sequins) with a needle and cotton

                  Harvest - garment worn whilst picking crops

                  trug - summat you trip over

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                  • #10
                    Spring crop - first hair cut after a particularly cold winter.
                    Second crop - subsequent visit to a barber after the first one messed up.
                    Location ... Nottingham

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                    • #11
                      ^^^Transplanting....when the barber really messed up!

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                      • #12
                        Raspberry - something to blow

                        Pear - two fruits

                        Chilli - this time of year

                        Snail - needs a Shammer

                        Planter - short form of "having a plan to"

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                        • #13
                          Garlic.... Strange kind of football played in Ireland

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                          • #14
                            "easy to grow" - will take over your plot. and next doors. may have been grafted onto bindweed
                            "professional quality" - will not grow until you show it a defra subsidy
                            "regular fruiting" - you will hate the taste of this by mid-summer
                            "for the enthusiast" - you are not worthy. even the expert on the allotment has given up on this...

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Greenleaves View Post
                              ^^^Transplanting....when the barber really messed up!
                              regular cropping - is on first-name terms with barber...

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