Ssssssh Dunt tell anyone ought

In my previous post I referred to my colleague being my Allotment "Yoda"  Well perhaps he is a bit more Han Solo but you get my drift.  Having been party to many a lotty tail he also revealed that his allotment had its very own shop... Now it turns out that there are several allotment societies that exist locally that carry a limited stock of those essential bits and bobs that  you need to help the  plot along, without all the fanciness of the garden centre.... "Tha wants canes, lad, we got 'em" Type, thing.

So imagine my excitement when a fellow office allotmenteer (now he would be Luke Skywalker) who lives locally told me of the Barnsley Allotment Society. #Shock 

How had I not heard of this place?  Been here 16 years and I didn't know that the allotment society based on Racecommon Road has its own little shop!!  for the annual membership fee of One whole Pound (100 new pence, 1 squid) you too can be an Associate Member.

So last September I picked up my Kings Seed Catalogue and piggy backed on the large order placed by the society - I reckon my cost of seeds was about 50% the RRP from the garden centre.  #Winning

So my eagerness to be all things allomenty this season got me up there last weekend.  Now there are no thrills to the pre-fab shed and yes the price list is written in chalk on the board but they have loads of stuff. Things are stocked such as "Dithane 945" (a post grunge-core metalband?), "Armillatox" (didn't they support Kings of Leon recently?) and "Derris Dust" (Though the GP prescribed that)

So not really needing anything I opted for "A kilo of your finest Vermiculite" for £2.60 and made my leave.

If you are interested they are open 10:30 - 12:30 Saturdays and Sundays
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Back from the Dead

Have you got any yet?  What, I hear you shout what should we have got?    Seeds - yes we have those...., the new gadget from aunt Ethel that is supposed to make dibbing easier - yes check

No.... buds on our raspberry sticks!!

After sticking some rather dead looking sticks in the ground in mid November the sticks have risen from their comatose state and started forming buds... hurray summer is here, well not quite. 

A picture paints a thousand words so here are 2000 words for you lovely people. Until next time, dig, dug be good