I hope people didn't think I was having a go at the original posts.
The points about the potential height & weight of the produce are
great. I just can't believe that anyone would be ignorant of the facts
that you should 'shut the gate' and 'dont tip on other plots'.

Anyway. If I came over as stroppy, I appologise. It certainly wasn't
intended.


1 A bit of gardening.
2 A bit of talking.
3 A bit of nothing.
Thanks for these Steve... Where does 'drinking tea' fall into these
categories? So far my allotment planning comprises:
- Tea making facilities (kelly kettle)
- Biscuits
- Emergency biscuits

Barry.

Uncle Marvo wrote:
Sheeps?

Oui! Two as well. Isn't that great?! If only I had the land ...

I'm sure that veggie poo is suitable for composting, but I wouldn't
be sure ... some time ago the dictatorship^Wgovernment said you weren't
supposed to compost tea bags or eggshells, now it seems you should.

I compost tea bags but not eggshells. I don't want to attract rats. My
oldest cat got bitten by one and nearly died. He killed the rat but
that was very costly in vet bills (for my cat, not the rat). My poor
Figaro had a huge pus ulcer - we didn't noticed soon enough. But he
survived. He's 17.

compost left over curry, myself, and virtually anything else. I manage to
fill a black bag every five weeks, and most of that is oily rags and the
plastic wrappings off fag packets :-)

I'm a hand roller myself. Well done to you for doing just one black
bag. We're four people here, plus a menagerie of pets and I do around 2
black bags/week. I don't put food in my compost - only veg/fruits peels
and garden stuff, paper, carboard but not too exessively on the later
two. You put food on yours? Do you get nocturnal visitors? You'd get my
friend SkipKate if she knew where you lived LOL!!!

In reply to Bazzler ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

I hope people didn't think I was having a go at the original posts.
The points about the potential height & weight of the produce are
great. I just can't believe that anyone would be ignorant of the
facts that you should 'shut the gate' and 'dont tip on other plots'.

Anyway. If I came over as stroppy, I appologise. It certainly wasn't
intended.

Not to me, you didn't.


1 A bit of gardening.
2 A bit of talking.
3 A bit of nothing.
Thanks for these Steve... Where does 'drinking tea' fall into these
categories? So far my allotment planning comprises:
- Tea making facilities (kelly kettle)
- Biscuits
- Emergency biscuits

:-)

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
Sheeps?

Oui! Two as well. Isn't that great?! If only I had the land ...

My French friend STILL can't work out the plural of "sheep", and he's been
here for nearly ten years :-)

I'm sure that veggie poo is suitable for composting, but I wouldn't
be sure ... some time ago the dictatorship^Wgovernment said you
weren't supposed to compost tea bags or eggshells, now it seems you
should.

I compost tea bags but not eggshells. I don't want to attract rats. My
oldest cat got bitten by one and nearly died. He killed the rat but
that was very costly in vet bills (for my cat, not the rat). My poor
Figaro had a huge pus ulcer - we didn't noticed soon enough. But he
survived. He's 17.

compost left over curry, myself, and virtually anything else. I
manage to fill a black bag every five weeks, and most of that is
oily rags and the plastic wrappings off fag packets :-)

I'm a hand roller myself. Well done to you for doing just one black
bag. We're four people here, plus a menagerie of pets and I do around
2 black bags/week. I don't put food in my compost - only veg/fruits
peels and garden stuff, paper, carboard but not too exessively on the
later two. You put food on yours? Do you get nocturnal visitors?
You'd get my friend SkipKate if she knew where you lived LOL!!!

I could do less if I tried. Would you believe I bought something from
Waitrose last week (can't remember what it was, might have been two Scotch
Eggs, in a plastic tray-type wrapper WITHOUT a recycle symbol on it. Tut
tut.

I only put veggie food in. The meat always gets eaten :-) Paper and card go
in but I burn it first, so I'm waiting for winter to get rid of the
newspaper mountain (free heat), then the ash goes on the compost, or round
plants to discourage slugs and snails and other freelunchers.

Rats are not a problem, the thing is sealed. The rats are not after compost,
they're after rubbish, which is not mine. They are unstoppable!

Bazzler wrote:
I hope people didn't think I was having a go at the original posts.
The points about the potential height & weight of the produce are
great. I just can't believe that anyone would be ignorant of the facts
that you should 'shut the gate' and 'dont tip on other plots'.
Anyway. If I came over as stroppy, I appologise. It certainly wasn't
intended.

Your post was lovely, BUT shutting the gate, is, I'm very afarid to
tell you, a problem on my lotty. You see, the older folks, they are,
errr... lovely but forgetful. Only the other day, there was this chap,
who is desperate to get me into his shed to show me his lovely
collection of tools I presume, loaded his bike with things and thangs
and just rode off leaving the gates open. I'm a wimmin, and security is
paramount for me, especially when I find myself all alone on my plot at
10pm. Throwing stuff on other's plot - just make sure I don't catch you
doing this on mine ....

Thanks for these Steve... Where does 'drinking tea' fall into these
categories? So far my allotment planning comprises:
- Tea making facilities (kelly kettle)
- Biscuits
- Emergency biscuits

Comfy seat. You forgot comfy seat.

"David (in Normandy)" wrote in
message ...

"La Puce" wrote in message
Well done. Do you have any chickens? Perhaps moving them about on say
200m2 next spring would help you considerably with weeds and bugs. I'm
jealous.


The plan is to get 4 chickens next year. Apparently, from what I've read 4



David are you aware of the criteria which makes a chicken lay an egg? Food.
Water. Light. A contented bird. I had a small chicken farm in the 60's and a
bird which had been very badly 'hen pecked' was put into a 'sick bay
isolation box' at home. Whilst it was recovering, it layed eggs :-))

Food? No problem either inside or outside, .......... except rats :-((

Water? They MUST have water on demand. No 'iffs' no 'buts'.

Light? The egg laying 'mechanism' of a chicken relies on the light hitting
the back of their eyes. If you are running Free Range, then they will 'go
indoors' to roost when it starts to get dark. Their 'in doors' house will
need artificial light to sustain their egg laying pattern and they then will
require a 'dimming process' to make them go to roost. My main house was lit
by ample lighting, then when the 'roosting period' came, timed down to dim
lighting :-)) ie, 100 watt lamps down to 40 watt lamps for 20 - 25 minutes.

If adding feed, think the diference between pellets and loose grain feed.
The latter 'keeps them occupied' longer and will help to prevent bullying
:-))

I give this advice as you are wishing to produce for the family, but I feel
that 4 will NOT feed your family round the year.

Mike


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On 14/9/06 16:40, in article , "David
(in Normandy)" wrote:


"La Puce" wrote in message
Well done. Do you have any chickens? Perhaps moving them about on say
200m2 next spring would help you considerably with weeds and bugs. I'm
jealous.


The plan is to get 4 chickens next year. Apparently, from what I've read 4
is a good number to keep us in eggs without there being a glut or shortage
for much of the year. I've still got to make the chicken coop for them yet -
that's the bit I'm looking forward to - a bit of fancy carpentry!
snip
Have you seen the design of the one at Highgrove? It's like a sort of
mini-temple - really lovely and totally wacky!

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

Uncle Marvo wrote:
My French friend STILL can't work out the plural of "sheep", and he's been
here for nearly ten years :-)

I can't either after 25 years, that's why I wrote moutons. I also have
tricks with unpronounciable pronounciation: I stay well away from the
word sheet and I have a variety of words which plurial should be
obvious, like hairs, foots ... as for 'h' sounds, well, I 'ave still to
master this 'has' I put them w'h'ere zey shouldn't be. The word
'thoroughly' is frankly a joke and 'ch' and 'sh' is a waste of time and
effort as far as I am concerned. The words describing a boat and a
mouton I find like your friend particularly tricky.

The dogs in my life are the only ones who don't ask me to repeat. Bless
zem.

On 14/9/06 17:06, in article
, "Bazzler"
wrote:

I hope people didn't think I was having a go at the original posts.
The points about the potential height & weight of the produce are
great. I just can't believe that anyone would be ignorant of the facts
that you should 'shut the gate' and 'dont tip on other plots'.

Anyway. If I came over as stroppy, I appologise. It certainly wasn't
intended.

Thanks for posting that. I thought poor Bob, whose post seemed to me to be
brimming with helpfulness and common sense, was getting rather a lot of
stick for things he hadn't written but which others had hung onto his coat
tails!
snip
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
My French friend STILL can't work out the plural of "sheep", and
he's been here for nearly ten years :-)

I can't either after 25 years, that's why I wrote moutons. I also have
tricks with unpronounciable pronounciation: I stay well away from the
word sheet and I have a variety of words which plurial should be
obvious, like hairs, foots ... as for 'h' sounds, well, I 'ave still
to master this 'has' I put them w'h'ere zey shouldn't be. The word
'thoroughly' is frankly a joke and 'ch' and 'sh' is a waste of time
and effort as far as I am concerned. The words describing a boat and a
mouton I find like your friend particularly tricky.

We're getting our own back for those wicked words you have with only vowels
in them. Vowels and X's. Like Aix. You know, of course, the trick of
pronouncing them with your fingers in your ears so you sound to yourself
like you sound to everyone else?

ch, th, and sh are all pronounced "s". Unless you're Spanish :-)

A boat? The plural of boat is boats. And they are all female, unlike your
male bateau, and your bateaux.

The dogs in my life are the only ones who don't ask me to repeat.
Bless zem.

Pardon?

"La Puce" wrote in message
ps.com...

Uncle Marvo wrote:
My French friend STILL can't work out the plural of "sheep", and he's
been
here for nearly ten years :-)

I can't either after 25 years, that's why I wrote moutons. I also have
tricks with unpronounciable pronounciation: I stay well away from the
word sheet and I have a variety of words which plurial should be
obvious, like hairs, foots ... as for 'h' sounds, well, I 'ave still to
master this 'has' I put them w'h'ere zey shouldn't be. The word
'thoroughly' is frankly a joke and 'ch' and 'sh' is a waste of time and
effort as far as I am concerned. The words describing a boat and a
mouton I find like your friend particularly tricky.

The dogs in my life are the only ones who don't ask me to repeat. Bless
zem.


Plurals :-(((

A member of this newsgroup, sorry a 'past' member of this newsgroup, was
reported to have a very great interest in frequenting men's toilets, and
here I have a problem, (he didn't but I do), his interest was in sucking
other men's penises. Now this is the problem, (disgusting yes I agree), but
is it penises or penie ?

Any experts in grammar/english/plurals here?

Mike


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www.nsrafa.com

Uncle Marvo writes
In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
.com, I, Marvo, say :

K wrote:
I presume we stake them because they take up less space and are
easier to pick.

I let my sweet peas scramble on the ground to the tut tut of old
allotmenters .... In the case of the toms in Greece - it's dry, less
problem with slugs and therefore no need to stake them.

One of the great things about allotments is that you get all sorts of
advice, right and/or wrong, from neighbouring allotmenters. You know which
is right and which is wrong by looking at the fruits, and veggies, of their
labours.

Assuming, of course, that they follow their own advice.

--
Kay

Uncle Marvo writes
In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
om, I, Marvo, say :
The words describing a boat and a
mouton I find like your friend particularly tricky.
ch, th, and sh are all pronounced "s". Unless you're Spanish :-)

A boat? The plural of boat is boats. And they are all female, unlike your
male bateau, and your bateaux.

I think she means 'sheep' as the plural of 'sheep' as compared with
'sheeps' as the plural of 'sheep' = boat with a french accent ;-)
--
Kay

K wrote:

A boat? The plural of boat is boats. And they are all female, unlike your
male bateau, and your bateaux.

Ship or sheep or chip sound? I never know.

I think she means 'sheep' as the plural of 'sheep' as compared with
'sheeps' as the plural of 'sheep' = boat with a french accent ;-)

) But no, it's the 'ship' and 'sheep' sound thing.

Thanks Janet - I've replied to your posting, but as it is not really on
topic here I've sent it to sci.agriculture.poultry and changed the subject
line to "Mobile chicken hut?"
--
David
.... Email address on website http://www.avisoft.co.uk
.... Blog at http://dlts-french-adventures.blogspot.com/