update on allotment/jungle

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update on allotment/jungle

Post: # 117832Post old tree man »

Well we have been steady away for a couple of hours a day with good results jane has kept me going with copius amounts of tea and gooseberry pie.
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we have got one side done and harvested from the old tennant
15lbs potatoes
6lbs gooseberries (made a gallon of wine with some)
5 bulbs of garlic
4 cold frames
and two garden chairs all this from one overgrown side i wonder what the other side will bring

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Post: # 117842Post snapdragon »

Wahay - Result! :cheers: most people just get broken bricks and old pop bottles

mmmm gooseberries - (one of) my favourites
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Post: # 117846Post red »

well done!
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Post: # 117850Post Annpan »

Fantastic, good work, and tough in this heat - Sometimes I wish I had a wife to bring me tea and pie :mrgreen:
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Post: # 117855Post Ratty »

Brilliant work! Its so exciting to find useful things under all the overgrowth too :mrgreen:
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Post: # 117866Post Millymollymandy »

Wow, well done Russ! Look at your lovely wet soil! :lol:
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