tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post2111112274139561923..comments2024-03-28T09:39:07.840-06:00Comments on NORTHSIDER : Mr And Mrs Right On Baby The Allotment Gardeners.northsider http://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-15502763135189683502018-04-22T11:13:12.066-06:002018-04-22T11:13:12.066-06:00The call them Blucher boots in Australia. Blucher...The call them Blucher boots in Australia. Blucher was one of Wellingtons officers at Waterloo and Wellington was born in Ireland. I am sure he needed his gum boots/wellingtons living in Ireland. Sixteen degrees here on Friday and then it through it down last night. Typical!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-39258564524143949622018-04-22T11:05:29.795-06:002018-04-22T11:05:29.795-06:00My dad had gumboots. Here they are called Gummisti...My dad had gumboots. Here they are called Gummistieffel. Same word. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-5231448666315293092018-04-20T10:58:20.304-06:002018-04-20T10:58:20.304-06:00I am glad you liked them Valerie. Oh yes there ar...I am glad you liked them Valerie. Oh yes there are many people like this couple.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-15396341096123754382018-04-20T01:53:54.751-06:002018-04-20T01:53:54.751-06:00Hilarious.... are there really people like that? Hilarious.... are there really people like that? Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-17966465945611836912018-04-19T15:01:32.182-06:002018-04-19T15:01:32.182-06:00That's the one. I love Heligan!That's the one. I love Heligan!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-17116018649542160902018-04-19T14:43:51.392-06:002018-04-19T14:43:51.392-06:00the thunder box!
the thunder box!<br />Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-55881571342499019302018-04-19T13:07:04.930-06:002018-04-19T13:07:04.930-06:00Very quick Gwil. I often here them called:
"...Very quick Gwil. I often here them called:<br /><br />"The rubber boots!"northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-92211432307225444212018-04-19T12:59:52.961-06:002018-04-19T12:59:52.961-06:00Green wellies are compulsory in the Emerald Isle. ...Green wellies are compulsory in the Emerald Isle. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-91796529528971872322018-04-19T12:45:46.798-06:002018-04-19T12:45:46.798-06:00Totally agree Sol.
Did you see the gardeners Both...Totally agree Sol.<br /><br />Did you see the gardeners Bothy at Heligan? The gardeners grafitti on the walls is very poignant. They went and served in the great war and never returned. Thanks Sol!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-90689097665814776032018-04-19T12:26:05.378-06:002018-04-19T12:26:05.378-06:00I dont like it when people spray stuff. I dont like it when people spray stuff. Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-17187956778992254672018-04-19T11:25:59.430-06:002018-04-19T11:25:59.430-06:00Yes youre on the money Rachel. Years ago people l...Yes youre on the money Rachel. Years ago people lived in the country because it was cheap and they would grow their own fruit and vegetables. <br /><br />Allotments use to be a working class institution down by the railway lines. Now there are waiting lists and allotments for the trendy and privileged in leafy suburbs. I respect anybody who tends vegetable plots. But there are some trendy 'right on' one's that can be a pain and rather boring. Thanks Rachel!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-55322560165877110262018-04-19T11:21:14.049-06:002018-04-19T11:21:14.049-06:00Hi Gwil. Your Charles Wales character talking abo...Hi Gwil. Your Charles Wales character talking about moving rocks, reminds me of when I was talking to an old farmer. We were commenting on a farmer attempting to make new pasture from rocky mountainous land. He wasn't impressed and said to me: <br /><br />"Trying to put right what God couldn't do!"<br /><br />I have the green wellies and I don't use man made chemicals on my veg plot but I am definitely not Mr or Mrs Right On. Besides I don't live in Islington! Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-63507314548024231212018-04-19T11:16:17.158-06:002018-04-19T11:16:17.158-06:00Hi LA. I am pleased you like Mr Right On Baby. Th...Hi LA. I am pleased you like Mr Right On Baby. They are based on some'Organic' gardeners I met and one couple even had their own 'Organic' commode. The allotment characters are one chapter of my book. Royal Family Knitters and Bus Spotters are two more characters two make you laugh. I love writing down my funny anecdotes and making fictional characters based on real peoples and people? Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-2737648792763326122018-04-19T07:13:27.861-06:002018-04-19T07:13:27.861-06:00My brother was talking about how people in the cou... My brother was talking about how people in the country who worked on farms used to grow their own vegetables because they couldn't afford to buy them and if they didn't grow them then they would have gone without. Now it seems that for many of those as you describe today allotments are just trendy things to have and to talk about at dinner parties and an adjunct to conversations on saving the planet. I expect the dinner party host would be enthusiastically nodding in agreement at the same time whilst serving the green beans from Kenya and asparagus from Peru bought in Waitrose the day before. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-46940400979099204812018-04-19T05:56:41.809-06:002018-04-19T05:56:41.809-06:00It's not me. I've never worn green wellies...It's not me. I've never worn green wellies. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-16652215147947397432018-04-19T05:56:15.477-06:002018-04-19T05:56:15.477-06:00It reminds me of a gardening programme featuring C...It reminds me of a gardening programme featuring Charles Wales. <br /><br />He said something to camera like: This rock was over there and I moved it over here. <br /><br /><br /><br />(Apropos - Like: I've like been looking for an excuse say the word 3 or 4 times like in one sentence just like American girls on holiday in Europe like to do).<br /><br /><br />There was a weatherbeaten rock sweating away somewhere in the background. He looked like the one for the job. <br /><br />Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-22021080210055830122018-04-19T04:54:39.945-06:002018-04-19T04:54:39.945-06:00Love your latest couple and their organically corr...Love your latest couple and their organically correct carrots. <br />What's up doc.<br />Hope you're collecting these together for your book!local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.com