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Tenant Emperor
lord and king of plot 18
my subjects in rows
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by Scooj
Tag: Allotment
Forgot my hat
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Bandana and beard
and looking like a biker
out digging again.
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by Scooj
Allotment evening watering
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Ear close to the ground
listen to the grateful earth
drink with a sizzle
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by Scooj
That’s what I’m talking about
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Ready for planting
claggy soil crumbled by hand
a transformation
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by Scooj
Bad timing
End-of-tunnel light
quashed by arrival of rain
allotment must wait
by Scooj
- I’ve been looking forward to finishing work all day today to be able to pop up to the allotment before cooking an evening meal. A badly timed shower has goofed up all my timings and my excitement. Tomorrow it will have to be.
Digging
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A song to myself
to every aching muscle
to each weary bone
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by Scooj
Digging
Each moment savoured
each crumbling of every clod
preparing the ground
by Scooj
Yesterday’s haiku from which the first line is taken:
Escaping their homes
to see a world through new eyes
each moment savoured.
Perhaps you’d like to join in.
Allotment
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Two years of neglect
starting all over again
clearing and digging
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by Scooj
Some good comes of it
Social distancing
leads me to the allotment
two years neglected
by Scooj
Following the deaths of my father and father-in-law over the last two springs and all the ensuing emotional and practical baggage (plus a smattering of unhelpful weather), it has been almost two years since I went to my allotment. Somehow I’ve not yet been kicked off.
I visited it yesterday and I have my work cut out for me this spring (if allowed to go there) it is covered on grass and brambles. My son has volunteered to help me get it sorted, because he needs distractions from the probable boredom ahead. It felt good to see it again, and I got all my seeds out today to prepare for a new season.
September
Smell of apple drop
round cobbles in various
stages of decay.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 