The Good Life

[scooterscot]

Are you planning to become a pilot? What has this to do with allotments?

Yes. Laid out on lawn with a big white H.

[DirtyDog]

Horse tulip and plenty of it

Make sure it's of a decent quality, though. My dad got some one year from a local farmer and the field that the horses had been in had been full of weeds.

Which just meant that the seeds passed through the horses into the manure, which fertilized them nicely.

[DirtyDog]

It's Suity, and it's in Luton

He'll be getting chased away by the local 12 year olds any day now.

Then he'll be back telling us how he stood up to the 12 year olds.

Then he'll be telling us how the 12 year old's super-hard older brother (14 years old) came round and sorted him out and now he's giving up the allotment.

FTFY

[Zippy]

Make sure it's of a decent quality, though. My dad got some one year from a local farmer and the field that the horses had been in had been full of weeds.

Which just meant that the seeds passed through the horses into the manure, which fertilized them nicely.

It's supposed to be piled up and left for a few months so the generated heat can get rid of the weed seeds and parasites (horses get a lot of these - I recommend you don't Google)

[suityou01]

It's supposed to be piled up and left for a few months so the generated heat can get rid of the weed seeds and parasites (horses get a lot of these - I recommend you don't Google)

WZS

[OwlHoot]

If you also have your own shed on the allotment , it's a great spot for barbies in the summer (depending on size of said shed).

I know someone with an allotment near Hangar Lane in West London, and he has regular barbies. His shed is large enough to seat ten people comfortably, more like a large summer house.

Also, while having a fag outside this afternoon, I asked a guy at clientco who's had an allotment for years what is suitable for november planting. (Anything to help my old mate Suity!) He reckons several things benefit from cold or actually need frost to develop properly and should be planted starting about now:

cabbage - needs winter for leaves to curl up

lettuce - cold improves types of sugar etc that end up in leaves

garlic - frost required to encourage root system to develop

[suityou01]

If you also have your own shed on the allotment , it's a great spot for barbies in the summer (depending on size of said shed).

I know someone with an allotment near Hangar Lane in West London, and he has regular barbies. His shed is large enough to seat ten people comfortably, more like a large summer house.

Also, while having a fag outside this afternoon, I asked a guy at clientco who's had an allotment for years what is suitable for november planting. (Anything to help my old mate Suity!) He reckons several things benefit from cold or actually need frost to develop properly and should be planted starting about now:

cabbage - needs winter for leaves to curl up

lettuce - cold improves types of sugar etc that end up in leaves

garlic - frost required to encourage root system to develop

Cheers Bud

[DirtyDog]

I must admit that the piling up & heating theory didn't seem to help with the last load.

This

[mudskipper]

Mate of mine does allotment stuff and loves it. He's forever posting very dull allotment related facebook updates. A few of them got together and got a few chooks too.

[suityou01]

Winter beans (Broad Bean Aquadulce Claudia) now ordered and dispatched.

More as I get it. Thanks.

Suity