"Uncle Marvo" wrote
Is that a French beret lurking under there?

It's the Yorkshireman's flat 'at. I don't remember why I bought it, I'm
from Devon originally (God's own County).

eh by gum m'lad, grt thyself a prop'r un :~))

Where is this boat of yours and do you garden on deck or is there
land round the mooring?

The boat's on the River Nene (pronounced Nen in Northamptonshire, which is
where it is). Northamptonshire, because of Northampton, is not generallly
thouoght of as a tourist trap but whre I am is possibly one of the most
beautiful places in the whole of England.

Never heard of the Nene but google is my friend - looks nice :~)

I garden both on deck (pelargoniums and herbs) and on the banks, although
I've only been on this mooring since last winter so NOTHING has really been
done yet. That's one reason I'm here, to find out what I need to do! I am
thinking veg and Ipomoea (cos that's what the boat's called and they are
one of my favourite flowers) and maybe some wild stuff to attract bees, cos
where there are a lot of bees there are less wasps :-)

So how much ground do you have available? Maybe you could get an allotment
as well !
We have masses of houseboats here in Holland with HUGE gardens :~)
I have lived in many assorted types of dwelling, and even shortly on a self
built Ferro cement yacht:
http://www.ljconline.nl/indexjennFerro.htm
............till it bankrupted us!

Jenny