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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille...!
Posted by Maura on behalf of Piggy no 3, 28th July 2009
This blog is not just an appeal to save my bacon but also to thank Lucille who unfortunately has decided to leave the group. She will be missed (a lot)...
Berry Good!
Posted by Trish Darvall, 17th June 2009
So the potatoes look like they have blight, the lettuce is going to seed faster than we can pick it, the weeds are threatening to overrun the place...
Pig Mud Bath...
Posted by Lucille Bonne, 5th June 2009
Well I was down on site today to witness a truly joyful sight , the occasion was that of what seemed a small and insignificant thing but turned out to be a monumentus moment!
This Little Piggy...
Posted by Maura Duffy, 26th May 2009
JP arrives. Time to say goodbye to This Little Piggy, poor ol sow, thought her bacon was saved by being the runt of litter but the other 2 blighters had to go and get themselves pneumonia...
Recession... what recession?
Posted by Paul Daly, 14th May 2009
'Bessborough Lads' on site have just broken into the metal fence to give the pigs a bigger run and then go to lunch...
A Forgotten Life
Posted by Michael Allen, 13th May 2009
My son Niall and I arrived at the Mahon site to work on our allotment it is Tuesday 5th of May a beautiful day...
Spring Has Sprung in Blackpool
Posted by Martin Mc Carthy, 12th May 2009
Well it feels like spring has sprung for sure in Blackpool. It may be selective memory but the weather has been pretty good to us for the last few weeks...
Botantical Warfare
Posted by Trish Darvall, 28th April 2009
I had been working flat out and hadn’t been to the allotment two days, so I was looking forward to some R&R in the garden...
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