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Well this really got a lot of answers flooding in - Makes interesting reading, quite revealing!! I've had my knee operation now (7 weeks ago) and I just can't wait to get back on to my allotment. Hobbled down a couple of times with my crutches and now looking forward to a weeks break at Easter and h...

still planning my list too and wondering whether aubergines will grow outside. The weather has been a lot warmer and as I don't have a green house I am trusting to plenty of sunshine and warm weather for ripening things. My tomatoes and cucumbers did well last year as did my peppers so maybe aubergi...

Don't know about anyone else but I love to see the snow falling when I'm inside and warm. It looks SOOOOOO Pretty. Can say that cos I've jiggered my knee and I am browsing my gardening books and new seed catalogue. Can't find much on Sweet potatoes which I fancy giving a try - put a post on the veg ...

sorry for delay in replying, Hedgehog lady not letting anything go this side of winter but can contact her in spring which I will do. Would be nice to get one in my garden and one on the allotment I think but not certain what she would recommend. Allotments are fairly near to where she lives and its...

just had a seed catalogue sent through from my brother in law so I can start planning next years allotment. It has a selection of potatoes that you can buy in kilo bags so I can try different varieties which sounds a good idea. It DOES NOT mention sweet potatoes and I have been searching the site to...

HI GUNNERS, Alotment is so overgrown (especially with blackberries which I am chopping down but the roots will be a so and so) that I do get first year free. After that its only £9 per year for the half alotment - can't go wrong with that can you? Still trying the hand weed approach at the mo. Re...

thanks everyone. don't think council will let me keep livestock so chicks are out, currently doing the handweed thing whilst I have the chance with the daylight hours. If I run out of time then will probably try the polythene approach. It is back breaking work but at least I see the results - slow t...

Great to see someone else new on the site. Gosh its growing and I'm new to the site too. Nice to know you've got geese. When I was a kid we used to raise two every year and kill them for Christmas and new year but they were terrific guard geese! You must let us all know how you fare over there. Obvi...

What do you mean you've nothing to tell anyone. The excitement is just beginning, welcome to the site! On the subject of elderberries my mother used to make a lovely elderberry cordial which she added odd water to in the winter to help us kids with colds. A stronger version was eledrberry wine but I...

Tried replying to this but got kicked off net as I'd been on too long so here goes again. First thanks for links to help me get an allotment and now I've got half of one I've met our old boy. (must be one on every site I think) His main problem is Parish Councils and how they are running this site a...

Tried replying to this but got kicked off net as I'd been on too long so here goes again. First thanks for links to help me get an allotment and now I've got half of one I've met our old boy. (must be one on every site I think) His main problem is Parish Councils and how they are running this site a...

Big THANKYOU to Gunners71UK for putting me on to the allotment trail but I am really miffed at the beurocracy surrounding allotments land. I live in Killamarsh whish is a S21 (Sheffield) postcode but we pay opur rates to North East Derbyshire Council. NEDDC don't have allotment land as such it is al...

Dipped in and out of site today and never seems to be anybody else on at same time. My husbands a driving instructor so we don't really get a weekend either although funny enough he was saying today how it would be a good idea to try and have two days off midweek for our weekend. Shops would be quie...

We used to keep chickens when I was a kid and we often got broody ones. Dad would sing to them ( He had a great voice) and also whistle so they left their nesting. I don't know if it was because they were distracted or just felt they were getting special attention. On the odd occasion he used to hav...

Not knocking Sheffield - only the size of my garden which is unfortunate - and yes that's a great job for the tourist board !! We have seen some of the lovely countryside around derbyshire. I was brought up in the country and I do really miss being out in the sticks but you live where the work is. W...