Re: Allotment Choice


Mel wrote:
> Hi all, can you please help with my dilemma?
> I have to choose between 2 allotments, both of which are in abandoned
> states. One site absolutely full of horsetail, and I mean so chock-a-block
> that in some places I can hardly get a fork in for the roots. The other
> site is full of couch grass and is very wet (I can hear the soil squelching
> when I walk on it).
> It's between a rock and a hard place! Do I choose soggy couch grass or a
> zillion horsetail?

That's great!!! At long last you've got a plot. I'll go for any, both
sound terrible, like mine, his, hers, theirs was ;o)

Can I try a test whilst I'm here? I hope you don't mind. I understand
better the foreign stuff ...

http://cjoint.com/data/bFo2NCq2OR.htm

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  • Re: Allotment Choice
    ... > Mel wrote: ... >> I have to choose between 2 allotments, both of which are in abandoned ... >> site is full of couch grass and is very wet (I can hear the soil ... >> zillion horsetail? ...
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    ... > Mel wrote: ... >> I have to choose between 2 allotments, both of which are in abandoned ... >> site is full of couch grass and is very wet (I can hear the soil squelching ... At long last you've got a plot. ...
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    ... > I have to choose between 2 allotments, both of which are in abandoned ... One site absolutely full of horsetail, ... > site is full of couch grass and is very wet (I can hear the soil ... The couch grass is on runners and is a bugger to hoe. ...
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