a weblog with an allotment attached
27 October 2005
Overheard this afternoon in M&S:
Elegant Mum: What do you think of this?
Sulky adult daughter: ‘Sokay.
Elegant Mum: They’ve got some lovely stuff in here, don’t you think?
Sulky adult daughter: Well yeah, for old people like you, but not if you’re young!
I don’t think I would have found this quite so awful if I didn’t remember having [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 5:52 pm
18 October 2005
I went down to the site a couple of times over the weekend as I’d arranged with Ben to pay my rent, but he was nowhere to be seen. I’ve tried calling him but there’s no answer on his mobile, so now I’m worried that something may have happened to him. He’s had [...]
Filed under: Fallow — Clare @ 4:57 pm
13 October 2005
At last! We have a holiday booked! New Year in Florence.
Good food, fantastic wine, beautiful surroundings, great company, a chance to practise my ropey Italian and the opportunity to experience strange new customs, as my Italian teacher tells me that it is considered buona fortuna in Italy to wear red underwear at new [...]
Filed under: Fallow — Clare @ 9:36 pm
12 October 2005
My rent is due.
If I pay in the next two weeks then I get a £4 discount and have to stump up only £20 for the year. It’s such a piddlingly small amount - that much money doesn’t even cover two days’ train travel to work in Leicester.
I should get my finger out and [...]
Filed under: Plot politics — Clare @ 6:08 pm
10 October 2005
1) Cancelled trains that mean you end up bored and cold in one of the most soul-destroying train stations in the country
2) Getting home in the dark so no chance of going outside and getting your hands dirty with some garden tidying
3) Spending the entire evening finishing off preparing for a three-hour [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 8:47 pm
9 October 2005
My allotment morale has been rather autumnal, as the optimism and energy of summer fade and I am faced with dull, wet, grey weather, and the nights begin drawing in. I think I have been finding managing the allotment particularly difficult as I try to find my way in my very challenging, ovewhelming and [...]
Filed under: Dos & Don'ts, Sowings — Clare @ 5:25 pm
2 October 2005
Down to the plot today for the first time in about two weeks and it was a dispiriting sight. The brassicas we’d put in are hardly looking wonderful as we were unable to net them properly and the birds have clearly had a go. We decided it was best to dismantle the frames [...]
Filed under: Hard labour — Clare @ 3:32 pm