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The allotment is where you can grow the fruit and vegetables needed for the production of wine.
Why not click on the Chemist and have a look at the home made wines site and grab a couple of recipes.
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| For the ladies who want a break from digging. Try the necklace
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The allotment is where
we go to escape, To keep ourselves and our veg. in shape, A perfect excuse from the household chores, And to help with the budget a genuine cause. |
To give to the needy
and share amongst friends, Waving the flag for organic trends, With wire mesh and netting and old CD's, To ward off invaders a flash in the breeze. |
Studiously checking
the leaves for bugs, Scattering eggshells and bait for the slugs, Lying exposed to theft by night, Produce to pilfer, a rabbit's delight. |
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Rain every night, a good steady fall, Warm sun all day, and no wind at all. Earth light and soft, easy to seed, No couch grass at all, not even a weed. All seeds germinate, the carrots no gap, Just simple thinning, I was a happy chap.
Broad beans grew well, no sign of black fly, Runners went mad reaching for the sky. Pigeons found other brassica to munch, Sparrows did not want my peas for lunch. No slugs seen, there was not a snail, Across the ground no silvery trail.
Any allotment holders must agree with at least 90% of the above. Perhaps there are other reasons for having an allotment. It would be nice to hear all of the many reasons for taking refuge amongst the vegetables and flowers.
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Molluscs and birds left strawberries alone, Red and ripe, but firm they had grown. With currents and gooseberries the bushes were bowed, The size of rasps made me really proud. Salad crops in abundance grew, Parsnips and carrots were long straight and true.
Potatoes were large, the best I have seen, No scabs or holes, soil fell away clean. Harvesting produce, the weather just right, Not one insect wanted to bite. Suddenly the sound of wind and rain, I had fallen asleep in the shed again. |
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