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stuffed
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes
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| Lisa wrote: |
I did manage to cover part of the allotment last year, in an attempt to smother the weeds - but when I took it up in autumn, I just seemed to grown ants underneath   |
Mum and Dad use carpet to cover theirs when not using bits but one year the weeds started growing through the carpet  That was hard work to sort out. |
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Aussie Chick
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes/ Brisbane
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Stuffed...where in MK are you? |
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stuffed
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes
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Fishermead  but never mind. Seriously though it's not that bad as long as you stay indoors 
My parent's allotment that I'm sharing is in new bradwell. They wanted a good reason to keep going and having to drive car-less little me over there seemed as good as any. |
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Aussie Chick
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes/ Brisbane
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Mine is at Woughton. I've been working a lot in a few of the Fishermead schools lately....they arent too bad!  |
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stuffed
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes
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No the schools aren't too bad in Fishermead, my little boy goes to school on the estate and I'm happy with that. I just want to move before he gets to secondary school as woughton is a bit dodgy.
What are the allotments like over woughton? |
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Aussie Chick
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes/ Brisbane
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I love mine! I have got great neighbours immediately around my plot and some of the 'old' boys wonder over to help an Aussie bird...personally i think they watch me struggle...then offer!
The soil was pretty pants but brilliant now! this is my 3rd year. You're welcome ( you too Lisa) to check it out! |
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stuffed
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes
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Might take you up on that, I'd be interested to know how you sorted the soil as my garden is nasty. I broke a bone in my foot the year before last because I was trying to dig and was getting more and more angry, stabbing harder and harder with the fork, then lost concentration and got my foot instead of the ground   OUCHHHHH!!!!!!!!! |
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CP
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: Hampshire
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I'd be interested to know how you sorted the soil |
Probably digging in of truck loads of well rotted manure!  |
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Aussie Chick
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes/ Brisbane
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Ouch!!
And yes CP, you're right. lots and lots and lots of digging! |
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CP
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| Good exercise though! |
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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis
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i like the no dig method ,let the worms do it ,
or how i'm turning the garden over in june
2 piglets
and i've brought rasberries ,blackcurrant ,red currants andd gooseberries today and i've got 2 auther turner apple trees coming this week carn't wait ,my grandfathers name was auther turner and they are ment to be the best scented apple blossom of all the trees
suz |
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