AMBER " ALERT "

The north of England is on amber flood alert !! and having an Ailoment so close to the river ribble is making me worried that the river may burst its banks-i hope not, as this could spell the end of my plotting days.

The last time this happened was at the start of 1990 the end of January.
the force of the water ripped  up the road  between the river side and  the allotments
what a mess!-and what a faceing-i felt like just walking away.
As for the plots, fences washed away, cabins floating off,  doors and roofs ripped off, greenhouses smashed, but some people enjoyed it all -how-by sailing there boats on the sports field-and i meen full size boats not models, you could just see the tops of the goal posts, and even a full size Salmon was found on Leyland rd- i think that went in the freezer. that's how deep it was.

Plans for 2013 [ i hope ]

Well it looks like the garlic could be ready to harvest-a job for weekend if weather permits. Winter onions are still on the small size, so will wait a few more weeks before i harvest the crop.

Bought another 1 ltr of glyphosate weed killer from amazon, and at £16.98 inc p&p so pretty cheap, it does the same job as round up, witch is now £41.00 a ltr-a saving of £24.00.

Next year i am trying a different method of planting it out, under black plastic sheet with one hole in the sheet for each  bulb, this will keep down the weeds and keep the soil warmer-at least that's the plan

" Thing can only get better "

I was reading this blog to day, and realised it was nearly a year ago since i started it-July the 15 th 2011 to be exact, its only 5 weeks away-time fly by. The allotment is not in good shape at the moment much to my sorrow-the weeds are growing like mad with all the rain we have had, so fare summer has been cr@p !! and not a lot growing, spuds are a disaster

weeds

weeds and plenty of them !!

50% frosted and rotted off, but the onion are doing o/k-the leeks are like blades of grass and not yet planted out, over all i am pi**ed off with the results........ROLL ON 2013...as Tony Blare said  " Things can only get better "

please pardon the swearing but that's how i feel at this moment

Total " BLACK OUT "

Hello been off line for a week so no blog updates, but its all fixed now-so back  on line at last.The problem was a transmitter mast had gone down in the area so total black out of the web for a week. My I S P gave me £5 off my next bill for loss of service-so that made me happy.

I went to the allotment on weds,  the weeds are taking over !!-i was not  very happy

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