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Post by sweetpea on Jul 3, 2011 15:10:36 GMT
The guy who owns the land My allotment is on was working across the road from where I live and came over for a chat. he knows I have had problems keeping the plot in good order after my stroke. he had been over the ground with a large cultivator which I knew about when I went down to earth up the spuds. Since then he has been over with weedkiller (glyphosate) not the shop bought stuff but what the farmers get and it has worked a treat with all the emergent weeds being easily raked off ready to be burned when I get back there. I went back with one of my sons to help and dug up a load of spuds and sowed some wallflower seeds and beetroot. My runner beans never made it to being planted out but he has some for me to put in when I get round again. hopefully tomorrow. Looks like I will just have to concentrate on a small area at a time but when the dead weeds are raked off, the ground is in excellent shape and ready for sowing with a minimum of work.
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Post by seaburn on Jul 3, 2011 19:25:54 GMT
that was good help from the land owner. Its nice to know they are not all money grabbing. hope you continue to make progress after your stroke.
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Post by Lou78W on Jul 3, 2011 19:43:12 GMT
That was good of him SP....it goes some way in restoring one's faith in human nature.....go girl....sorry..boy ;D
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Post by grindle on Jul 4, 2011 4:32:29 GMT
There's still some very nice people around
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Post by Tel on Jul 4, 2011 6:12:54 GMT
Wow, a decent understanding landowner, someone who will make allowances for ill health. The council who run our allotments will send a nasty letter if you have not cultivated that season, instead of enquiring first, if the tenants are having any health problems that has stopped them looking after their allotment first. The work the landowner as done, has saved you a fair bit of work there sweetpea. I hope you get back on track next season, i would be very frustrated if my plans were on hold through no fault of my own.
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Post by Rosie on Jul 4, 2011 8:28:00 GMT
Wasn't that good of him, How nice to see an unselfish act for a change. Hope your still getting stronger after your stroke Sweetpea
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Post by peony on Jul 4, 2011 8:57:42 GMT
What a helpful guy SP, just what you need at the moment. My OH had a mild stroke about 3 months ago so I know recovery takes some time and improvements happen slowly, but it is amazing how the body gradually repairs itself. OH was told not to be too impatient, easy to say, not easy to do
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 6, 2011 18:30:53 GMT
i must admit, he has been very good. Not only with weedkilling and tilling but stacking up loads of stable manure for each plot so that it is easier to access. Not only that but I haven't paid him though have offered several times. His reply is that he is just pleased to see the ground being used. Anyway i was back and clearing some of the weeds away from the runner bean area when I disturbed a toad which had a burrow right where my beans will go. I had to leave a little patch of weeds for to give it the shade and hidey place and left it be.
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Post by peony on Jul 6, 2011 18:39:29 GMT
i must admit, he has been very good. Not only with weedkilling and tilling but stacking up loads of stable manure for each plot so that it is easier to access. Not only that but I haven't paid him though have offered several times. His reply is that he is just pleased to see the ground being used. Anyway i was back and clearing some of the weeds away from the runner bean area when I disturbed a toad which had a burrow right where my beans will go. I had to leave a little patch of weeds for to give it the shade and hidey place and left it be. I hope he thanks you for your kindness by eating some slugs SP ;D
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jul 6, 2011 18:57:23 GMT
Great news about the land owner, what a star.
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Post by Cherry on Jul 7, 2011 6:07:33 GMT
I think you would find this typical of farmers. They are good around here and they work very hard.
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