Allotment Wars!

The two flags at the front belong to a plot holder. One is for the Isle of Mann, the other is the Union Flag. Came down the allotment today to find the house behind the allotment has put up a pirate and Canadian flag. There is also a rainbow flag at the front, really, I didn't know he was a friend of Dorothy. What a a gorgeous sight for everyone, whether they want it or not.

I watched this doc the other night: spot on BBC Allotment Wars  

Woman gives birth to strange snowcrow

Braved the blizzard like conditions today to get to the plot. Been waiting 3 winters to take some photo's down there. Everything looked gorgeous but covered in the white stuff. To keep warm I decided to build a snowcrow a cross between a snowman and a scarecrow. This is the result. It is actually harder than you might think rolling a body of snow around on an allotment. I couldn't understand the science behind it. How does the snow all stick together like that? Coxie would probably know, but like all science to me it's pure magic. Still no sunshine. I did see lots of birds bobbing around, two great tits and a magpie. That reminds me this morning Lottie was looking out of the window when a magpie jumped from a wall outside to the window ledge. Lottie pounced with her whole body into the wooden blinds, got tangled up in them and had to be rescued. She didn't look good. Just as well there was a pane of glass and the blinds or she'd have had maggie

Fog

I've been trying to write a rubbishy poem about fog. Here it is:

Fog is a strange word
Fog makes the world blurred
Fog backwards is Gof,
which isn't a word or a thing
But it does descend from above
And hovers on the ground
Freezing fog is to be feared
And it is always good when the fog has cleared.

There we go a blog about fog.
Worst blog ever.

Sunshine kicks off 2013 shock!

It is official, 2012 was wet. I’ve had nothing to say about gardening on the allotment which is reflected in there being no blogs since the beginning of December.  I think the whole country has a low level depression because of the continuous rain since around April. However, we have had two days were it hasn’t rained and they were today and New Year’s Day. As is tradition the autumn fruiting raspberry canes were pruned to about 3 inches from the ground on the first day of the year. Tomorrow is wassailing the apple trees. This will involve me toasting some bread hanging these up on the branches of the fruit trees drink a toast of cider and wish them all well for 2013.