http://allotmenteer.co.uk Online community for allotment gardeners Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:10:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow! Wait a minute. I just remembered that I have this website on allotmenteer.co.uk, logged in, and noticed my last posting to the site dates back nearly 4 months! OK - let's say it was during winter this happened - you could sort of understand. But as it happens summer is ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/08/26/time-flies/ Yesterday was a day of great achievement in my allotmenteer career. After 18 months of hard work I finished double-digging my entire plot! This means that every bit of soil on my plot has now been dug over, using my "Cheat version" of double digging. In reality, even though this technique ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/05/04/i-made-it/ As I told you last week, I ordered a new wormery to go on my allotment plot (eventually). I had 2 reasons for buying a new wormery. First of all I wasn't too impressed with the one I bought last year (for more money than what I paid for the ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/04/29/my-new-wormery-is-up-and-running/ I saw a very interesting feature on the BBC breakfast programme this morning. Apparantly it's now "in" to go to the green gym. So what is a green gym then? Simply a number of community projects set up for people to come and do some gardening activities, and do a bit ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/04/23/has-anyone-been-to-the-green-gym/ I must admit I'm starting to get a bit anxious, as it seems every time I plan to go and do some work on m plot, it starts pouring down. The party stops before it can even start - and by now my first seeds should have been put in ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/04/13/why-does-it-always-rain-on-me/ Buying seeds for your allotment plot is probably one of the more exciting tasks you get to do as an allotmenteer. Gone are all the tedious hard work of digging over your plot in preparation for the coming years crop and making plans where to plant them. In the good old ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/03/20/buying-seeds-online/ Today has seen a new online seed merchant added to Allotmenteer.co.uk. In saying "new" - Unwins Seeds is not a new player in the market - just another option to shop for seeds, bulbs and plants for your plot from this site. In fact, Unwins Seeds is a major player on ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/03/19/new-seed-merchant/ Winter is losing its grip, and today I went back to my plot for the first time in nearly 3 months. I really enjoyed being back, as did my 4-year old son, but boy did I feel out of shape at the end of the day? My goodness - if ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/02/16/back-to-work/ Just wanted to pop in and say Happy New Year to everyone visiting Allotmenteer.co.uk. Although it may not look like it at the moment - I'm still here - and my plans for the site hasn't changed. I'm just tangled up in other projects right now - but rest assured that ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2008/01/02/this-time-its-for-real/ I hear you say "What?". By now you probably think "This guy is off his head! Isn't he 2½ months ahead of time?" Well - no I'm not! In fact I'm 2 weeks late - because I'm talking about the gardeners' and allotmenteers' New Year - October 1st. This date is ... http://allotmenteer.co.uk/2007/10/16/happy-new-year/