It's on the BBC iPlayer for the next six nights. http://www.allotment.uk.com/index.php/news/latest-news/item/285-save-farm-terrace-allotments http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/ne...e_from_the_High_Court_judicial_review/?ref=mr As I understand it WBC have withheld information about the development from Pickles the Secretary of State for Communities. The case is seen as litmus test for the protection that is supposed to be given to the allotments. It all stinks to me, another unctuous politician (Dottie) pushing through dubious policy in an undemocratic manner.
Exactly so. Unfortunately an all-too-common behaviour from our Lords and Masters these days - or should that read Lords and Mistresses? Not that I'd be tempted...
A glut of plums this year...already made stewed plums, plum jam, plum sauce and put more in the freezer. Visitors this weekend - so they can take some home with them!
Raspberries.... The leaves on all our plants went yellow from the bottom to half way up this year..... and the yield was very poor. Any ideas?
Player A comes to the table mid game and he is faced with a touching ball. No other reds are available so he strikes the cue ball away, hits nothing, but because his cue ball starts from a touching ball it is deemed to have touched a red, so no penalty is awarded. Player B comes to the table, pots a red and his cue ball ends up touching another red. His next shot must be aimed at a colour, but because his cue ball is touching, is he automatically penalised knowing that his cue ball is already deemed to have touched a red? Thank goodness we have a thread to answer this sort of dilemma...
Our first strawberries of the season have arrived. The trouble is that the birds have found them too. We've also been given some blueberry plants. I've never grown them. I assume that they will need some shelter from the winds, which can be gale force.
What, acid soil? No, get a soil testing kit, test your garden soil and if it turns out too be neutral or on the alkaline side, then grow your blueberry plant in a container - or dig a big hole, remove the soil and back fill with ericaceous compost - sold in good garden centres in NZ, I'm sure - before planting.
That was a joke, Vic. Page up a bit. Mrs NZ is an expert in these areas. She studied soil science at one stage, but thanks for your advice. I will tell her what you said without initially attributing my source and watch the look of amazement on her face.
Alternatively, record some of the bilious words of Hollowhead, shred the tape finely and dig it in to your garden....
