Allotment!!

Exciting news!!

I have an allotment! I've been on the waiting list for years and now the wait is over! I have a lovely little (well size of a large swimming pool) plot next to the Grantham canal. It has 4 apple trees, a pond, a shed and it is in reasonable order... just some tidying and clearing to do, which should take a few weeks and then I can start planting.

I have decided to grow:
Potatoes (earlies and second earlies this year)
Parsnips
Carrots
Leeks
Purple sprouting brocolli
Red Cabbage
Savoy Cabbage
Sprouts
Sweetcorn
Courgettes
Salad
Radishes
Cucumber
Peas
Beans
Rhubarb
Raspberries
Strawberries
Gooseberries

My good friend Joe had advised me to start with plug plants this year and not worry about growing from seed until I have the plot organised and a seed bed build and some cold frames etc.

I can't wait to get going once this horrible weather has passed! It will be great fun for Cas too I hope.

Nottingham Light Night

January and February so far have been pretty dull months. The weather has been so bad, cold and wet and that alongside the usual colds and coughs etc. has meant that we haven't been doing a great deal.

But on the 18th of Feb, Nottingham had another Light Night. Here is what it is:

"For one night the city stays up so that its attractions and symbols are seen in a new light. The spectators get to see the unusual in a familiar environment and 'lose themselves' in the city, which is transformed into a stage for the night. "



There were lots of mad things going on . .for example this giant lobster and giant lit of swans dancing around the Market Square.

The Sonic Manipulater guy who we saw at summer sundae and thought was great, we found doing his thing! Cas went and stood right infront of him and entertained the crowds! The Police kept arriving to move on ner'do wells like the guy with the sax on this picture . .not quite your summer sundae festival crowd!

This is Cas on the solar powered dance floor in the Market Square - he was dancing* along to some classic disco tunes! * for dancing read running and jumping!