OH Britsh weather!!

Just when I was ready to burst into it all the weather stopped me in my tracks. I had planned for manure to be delivered late I know but it was meant well, I had planned to make new paths and my big tub of seeds are waiting. The weather has just turned arctic I am so annoyed by the fact that I will have to drink more red wine on the sofa with my heat bag and rubbish telly. (well maybe I could do another month of it). I need to get out more. The ground is frozen solid and it is face numbing. I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to the cold. It is also thick with fog. I intend to move abroad to join my dear best friend when I am older and I will grow outdoor melons. For now I will sit and wait, hopefully I wont get de motivated at least I know the weeds cant grow

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I understand why people give up their plot!

I have really dreaded going to my plot for months and months and even felt resentful that it was nagging my brain! I was thinking maybe I should just pack it in and buy my veg from asda, its so cheap and always looks so healthy compared to mine. The lack of motivation was like that of someone with a membership to the gym, I dont want to go its hard work !!!!
Anyway I packed up a picnic took the kids and my sisters kid and the sun was shining, Hallelujia the weather was glorious....
The plot looked Ok better than I expected, strawberries still alive, asparagus dead and someone had broken into my shed AAAAARRRGGGH my lovely shed. Funniest thing they stole nothing and as they has bust the lock closed the door back up and put a brick there to stop the door flapping in the wind HA not so bad then just a broken lock.
I moved the strawberries into a permanent bed and low and behold the compost bin that has been eating my veg peelings all year had turned the sloppy smelly mess into brown crumbly compost with no smell. It was like a miracle I never believed that it would be like brown and dry and crumbly. I put it on two small beds and tidied up a bit.
The kids were really good and enjoyed it up there. I have got all my seeds together and feel ready to make a real go of it.
I have new neighbours with heavy machinery which is welcomed as the weeds surrounding me have halved now. I need a seat and a table to lunch on but I am very positive about the allotment again. Im so glad that I didnt give it up.
Sometimes life is so tough and drinking booze after a hard slog of a day is such a lovely pull. Im doing it now but I feel fresh and exhausted from the digging although I nearly broke my wrist and bent my spade Ha. How hard was I working Eh. Anyway Im going to be a success this year and have some actual produce as 2007 was a disaster. Bring on the sunny nights as its been dark at 4pm here, I feel like today is the first day out of my hibernation

Check out my new act

Well I have been so busy with singing that I thought I would post a link to show you my new act called CRISTAL. I have a new partner on stage and we have been all over the place working like mad. We have almost got it together and I am looking forward to cracking on with my allotment. I feel like a very poor excuse for a gardener. Im just looking forward to getting it all cleared and starting again without trying to cut corners as it just doesnt work. Anyway here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=belinda5220

Frank Skinner

I did not take pictures of my allotment as it is quite soul destroying. This is temporary as I know in autumn it will die back and I will clear it up in a day. The compost is good and I will use it to nourish the soil. I managed to fill a bag of potatoes and a bag of curly kale which I prepared that day for dinner and it was lovely. I had forgot how wonderful it made me feel to be there again and made a mental note to go at least once a week.
I went to see Frank Skinner last week in Leeds, he is my all time favourite comedian in the whole world and I was on the second row dead centre to the stage. I was so scared that he might speak to me or ridicule me that I got completely drunk on white wine and sat staring at him totally struck with awe. He gazed at me when he was thinking, and he was so close that I thought he could hear my heart pounding. He spoke to the woman at my side all night and it was insane. I ended up having to stop three times on the way home to be sick, of course I wasnt driving! I was on my knees in the dirt at the side of the road being ill and I am really quite lady like. I am horrified at myself but I adore him. His pure wit and intelligence and speed is just amazing. He is so bad as well which is good.
I really should not drink as I just cant do it right.
I wonder if Frank likes to grow veg. I doubt it...................

I have been so bad this year

I am totally awful and I planted all sorts of squash and salads and stuff and then the rains and the floods came. My potatoes and tomatoes got blight I became overwhelmed and now it is a jungle. I have even stored up my compost and haven't taken it up. There is a wasp nest next to my compost bin anyway and I darent tackle it.
This is about to change and next week I have set a target to go and do something about it.
I have been setting up a Fame academy to teach children how to sing in a workshop and it has been gruelling but so wonderful.
Thank you to the people who have commented I had no idea the comments were there as I have had to block so much with all the nasty sites that attack us innocent veg growers.
I will update with pictures soon but be warned they wont be pretty

Long time no see

I feel like it was two minutes since last spring and I have been away from my plot except to deliver fresh vegetable peelings to the compost bin. The Asparagus I planted looks like it is in a bed of cement and I feel doubtful that it will grow. My husband has taken enough nagging and finally started to build me some raised beds and levelled the soil. I have bought loads of seeds and feel that this year will be more organised and productive.
The kids are a year older and hopefully I wont be picking up a screaming toddler out of the manure by the ankle.
The shopping bills have been massive due to the large orders of vegetables and I cant wait to be taking my food home again in a bucket. There is something really magical about it all.
I am going to plant some flowers this year to brighten the plot up a bit and make it a bit girly.