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You'll never forget where the allotment key is... ever again
Posted on 12:11pm Thursday 9th April 2009
Let's not beat around the bush. Barbara likes to hold a grudge.
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Spring enthusiasm
Posted on 9:42pm Thursday 2nd April 2009
There's one thing you can guarantee with great midweek weather: It'll be crap by the weekend.
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It's been a long time...
Posted on 10:54am Thursday 26th March 2009
Most people said I would lose interest within six months... the digging, the withered crops, all the result of hours of back-breaking work.
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If you are a beginner with garlic...
Posted on 5:59pm Monday 24th November 2008
I foolishly sat on my backside watching classic goals on YouTube this morning as the winter sun blazed over the allotment. I had it in my mind the weather offer hours of friendly rays into the afternoon.
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Time for a breather
Posted on 3:37pm Sunday 2nd November 2008
The soil is either frozen rock hard or so sodden you’re ankle deep within two steps of walking onto the plot at the moment.
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Uncomfortably incompetent
Posted on 9:11am Friday 3rd October 2008
I am now 30-years-old - thanks, for the card – and starting to get worried by the world.
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Allotment
Posted on 10:36am Wednesday 24th September 2008
I am starting to wonder whether a ‘hands off’ approach to the allotment is the best way forward.
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