I've had a few accidents over the years and eventually they all catch up with you after all, none of us are getting any younger, don't worry as I won't be boring you with the details but what I will say though is from the summer holidays July 2014 I've aged slightly. "well, just a little bit."
Up and until March of 2014 I was getting quite excited about my plot as I had sweetcorn, tomato plants and all sorts growing and doing well in my potting shed, a bed full of potatoes, some onions, garlic and so on. Unfortunate for my allotment priorities a must and I was distracted by my college work, as a result I lost the sweetcorn and a lot of other stuff which died off.
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| Apprentice den view |
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| Spuds |
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| Onions |
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| Cold frame |
As I mentioned earlier I've had a few accidents over the years but one accident in particular meant that I couldn't go back to my usual line of work driving plant machinery on building sites I.E. Telescopic fork lift trucks, 360 excavators - diggers and so on as the work involves a lot of driving over rough terrain and jarring while operating the machinery which would've just killed my back although I did try.
As a consequence I've not been able to tend to my allotment plot hence the lack of updates and posts here but I did go over and cut the grass and the weeds back though. I asked one or two people over there for a little hand, people I thought I could ask. I even asked my younger brother unfortunately the answer was no from all directions never mind no hard feelings though.
Despite letting the allotment site secretary and other prominent people know of my predicament I received a hand delivered letter giving me seven days to remove any personal belongings from my plot, the letter stated that a as I hadn't adhered to the councils conditions and regulations of my tenancy and I had received a letter warning me of the council's intentions of evicting me from my plot if I didn't tend to it. I'm sure you can imagine my thoughts, the stress and the annoyance especially as I hadn't received any letter as stated and I'd let who I believed to be the appropriate people know of my situation, the fact that I was on the strongest form of medication for my injuries, receiving physio and also taking pilates lessons of which by the way I highly recommend should you have any back issues.
I then phoned the council officer on the letter and explained to him my circumstances and told him that I'd even managed to arrange an associate to agree to help me out, he went on to tell me that the council wasn't aware of my situation as the site secretary hadn't told the council or the allotment officer of my circumstances and off the back of what I'd told him he would give me until the end of October this was midway July, you can imagine my relief so I went over a week later and I must say it was a tad overgrown LOL. So out came the strimmer and at the end of August I got stuck in.
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| Plot overgrown just a litte |
But what really pissed me off though was although I'd attended and cut the grass and weeds back, was the fact that when I went back there were rumors being spread that I was giving up my plot by a certain individual of whom I introduced over to the allotment in the first place via the community plot that I had been running, and like a backstabbing vulture they went on to take a load of scaffolding boards, lengths of decking, wooden posts etc off of my plot. So as you can immagine pretty pissed off! But to add salt to the wounds having been elected onto the allotment committee board they'd publicly expressed in meetings a clear interest that they would like to take over my plot that's despite having been given their own plot, oh and guess what, this individual was one of those who I asked for a little help LOL. Wow would you Adam and Eve it. All I can do though at the moment when someone acts in this way is to laugh, take a DEEP BREATH and get on with it and be the better person as having two great young lads I need to set the example in how to respond to people like this and not react without thought.
So moving forward as you can see it's taken me three weeks on my own as my mate couldn't help at the moment because of prior engagements which is fine as by doing it by myself I'm getting a lot of satisfaction and we're looking pretty good for next season, cutting the grass back, clearing the weeds and cleansing my mind of the weeds of life with a smile.
For the life of me I can't work out what's so special about my plot, why do they want my'n, what's so special , what could they be after? I know they say the grass is greener on the other side, "ah that must be it!" LOL.
Thanks for stopping by I'll keep you upto speed of any developments should you find yourself in a similar situation although I do hope not. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and didn't mind my little rant I look forward to writing and posting on a more positive note so take care for now and keep your nose to the dirt and be lucky.
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