[Yabba]

I managed to finish the 3rd && the final prep of the last 2 dahlia beds ... then watched my mate starting the "I now have 500++ stakes to knock in!" challenge .... bet he's rueing the day he said "you can't knock stakes in worth s**t, leave them to me!"

Got a phone call off my dad asking if I wanted some free turf (I'm in the middle of re-doing my back garden ... all 3x5m of it) so ended up slapping in a new lawn before I could crack a beer and enjoy my birthday.

All in all it was a good day and tomorrow we should be ready to plant up the main greenhouse, which is always a happy day, the plants will bounce on now

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[mumofstig]

Enjoy your beer(s)

[Yabba]

Thanks, I opted for the plural version

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[kingdhesiii]

Shouldnt be doing any work on your bday 

[gypsy]

potted up , potted on, pricked out, earthed up, tied in, nipped out, weeded, sprayed, fed, watered, composted, netted and drunk coffee

[DD.]

Reminds me of:

"lip smacking, thirst quenching, ace tasting, motivating, good buzzing, cool talking, high walking, fast living, ever giving, cool fizzing, P***i".

[JayG]

You forgot "tooth-rotting" DD! 

[Mahogony]

yesterday I replaced all the pea plant which had been eaten by slugs, went down today and the replacements are all gone too  hate slugs.

[tontom]

All my peas where attacked by weevils so i'm chitting some more and as i put them in i'm going to treat them with a weevil killer and keep my fingers crossed 

[mumofstig]

went and had a look and pea germination is very poor...only about 25%.
Few more days and if it's still the same I'll have to get some more seed........haven't seen a slug. I wonder if the birds found them? They are growing through lovely on thenext lottie as they did at home....strange

[digalotty]

happy birthday yabba
not been to the lottie in two days now but i am gearing up for a good weekend if the rain holds off

[Beetroot queen]

didnt get to the plot today or yesterday or on Tuesday 

Had a lot of work to do that hasnt been done, because I keep popping on here 

Going tomorrow after work 

[chamomile]

cleared more logs and grasss dumped by previos  and /or next allotmenteers. slow progress but progress none the less 

[kingdhesiii]

All my peas where attacked by weevils so i'm chitting some more and as i put them in i'm going to treat them with a weevil killer and keep my fingers crossed 

Tbh you should be able to leave the attack. Plants will grow on perfectly from it.

[Yabba]

Shouldnt be doing any work on your bday  

Yeah, I tried telling the dahlias that, but they just refuse to listen to *my* timetable

happy birthday yabba

Thanks

Managed to crawl to the field at 8:30 this morning ... wish I hadn't (sorta), because I spent the next 10 hours (without a break, even fags were smoked on the fly) planting up, and feeding.

Good news is :

Finished planting borlottis(sp), runners, sweetcorn. Watered everything. Then took my shirt off and started on the dahlias.

planted :

Sir Alf, Bryn turfell, Trelyn, Mary's jomander ... got telephoned by dentist, who cancelled my appointment ( for the 3rd time :-S ) ... so had no excuse for an early day and carried on to plant suzanne, winholme, salmon  (new one), challenger, valentine & marsden lilac. Had to feed/water most of it as well ... first time we've ever fed them on planting, weird year all round.

Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong day, 10 hours with zero breaks .... I so wish I was a winter baby and could suffer a hangover in peace :roll:

note : before anyone comes in with hangover cures that have been banned by those ever helpful europeans, I'm one of those lucky bu**ers that doesn't get them

I'd give an arm and a leg for a decent masseur that could take the knots out of my neck  though.

All in all, it's been a good day, we're mostly planted up and from here on in it's all "bimble round and water"

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