Now I don’t have anything against carpet itself. We have it at home and it does a really good job on the floors. There are lots of places that carpet works well and belongs. I have even seen it used almost, but not quite, successfully to enhance the interior of a Robin Reliant van. It just doesn’t belong…
We have had foxes active on Tomswood all the time that I have been a plot holder. This year there is one (I think it is just one) that is getting much bolder/more friendly than normal. I have seen it quite a few times now, and all times of the day. It doesn’t appear to…
Whilst allotments and sheds seem to go together, it isn’t actually obligatory to have a small shed on your plot. At a rough guess, I would say that about 20% of plots at Tomswood have one. That said, the ones we do have form a rather eclectic collection. Some look thy have been bought specially, whilst others have been…
“Murderers!”, I muttered loudly in my best Lord Melchett impression, as I gazed at what had yesterday been 2 fine young courgette plant (or butternut squash or – but that is another story). I had moved a batch of young plants out of the greenhouse the day before to harden them off before planting out. Overnight some had been…