Second time lucky

After our abandonment of trench digging duty due to moon boot incapability, our second attempt went much better. We both set out for the plot early – ok we got there at 10.30am.
We were shocked to find a lady and her son working a plot two down from us. It is the first people [...]

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I’ve only gone and found more free seeds.

Free seeds
Five basket combinations are on offer, including three floral and two vegetable displays. 1000 collections of each basket combination to giveaway. Each collection contains three packets of different varieties. You can choose which basket to grow and request the seeds by sending your details on a postcard,  or apply online.
Click on the links below [...]

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Dig those moon boots

We made it up to the plot yesterday, but did not achieve quite as much as we had hoped….
We both like moon boots.
Keener’s nan kindly gave her a pair that she no longer needed. When she arrived at Beener’s house wearing them, Beener got a little bit jealous and decided to put hers on. They [...]

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5 packs of free seeds are waiting for you!

I found this website offering 5 packets of free seeds.
 Poppyhead Ltd.
Worth a look.

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More free seed envelope templates.

Here are some more free seed envelope templates for you to right click and copy.
Print them out, perfect for collecting, saving and swapping seeds.
Beener.

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Free monthly garden contest

 Gardeners Paradise hold a free gardening competition every month. There are a few questions to answer and you could win a mystery prize from a gardening company. It is a Canadian site but is open to all nationalities.
There is a bonus section, where contestants will be judged for usefulness, creativity and originality. Good luck – [...]

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Leaf it out!

Things have been a little heavy on our blog lately…. So we have decided to post some rather silly videos of ourselves, that Keener re-discovered on her phone today.. 
It was taken at the beginning of winter, when leaf raking was going on big time in our day jobs.  
 Gardening allows both of us to reconnect with child-like qualities – of [...]

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Petition against banning smoking on acute mentalist wards

Hi
I wanted to flag up and publicise a petition that I feel very strongly about. It is to ask the government to consider an exemption for acute mental health wards from smoking bans.
Now obviously no-one is arguing that smoking is a good thing, per se. Seperate smoke rooms mean that others do not have to [...]

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New Bloggers – submit to these search engines

I found a list of urls on ‘top rank results’ if you want to submit your blog to major search engines. So if you wanna get your message out to the world or just wanna see your stats rise – this could be for you!
Some are free trials, specialist sites or you have [...]

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Explosion back into the mental health system

Here’s a bit more about why I am so anti-anti-depressants and have strong leanings toward being anti-psychiatry. Although ultimately I believe I am pro-me.This blog splurges up some more detail about my relationship with Effexor and the so called ‘caring’ services.
Earlier posts can be found here:
Entry into the mental health system – how [...]

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