Three per cent success rate nothing to shout about
	1:36pm Thu 1 May 08
	A HEAVY cold has taken its toll on me for the past few weeks to the point where my voice has become little more than a husky whisper. Think Mariella Frostrup mixed with Patsy Kensit, unfortunately without the big lips and big hair, and you get the picture.

	Posh hotel sends son "bonkers"
	1:30pm Tue 15 Apr 08
	CELEBRATE daughter's birthday with a trip to a posh' hotel in Derbyshire.

	Happy days for Hammy
	1:41pm Thu 10 Apr 08
	HAMMY the hamster (for that is his name) has settled into his new routine of food, sleep, run on a wheel, sleep a bit more, eat a bit of broccoli and then sleep again. I'm beginning to wonder if he might actually be a dormouse.

	Spring ushers in patter of tiny feet
	1:13pm Tue 1 Apr 08
	IT IS really starting to feel like spring now. Pressure is on to get my new potatoes in the ground (the neighbour is getting ready to plant hers). I am planning to put them under fleece this year, so as not to be caught out by the inevitable frosts.

	Neat rows threaten harmony on plot
	1:26pm Tue 25 Mar 08
	HUSBAND encourages me to visit the plot. "Come and see what I have done," he says. Now I'm sure he's not boasting. It was agreed when he took over one third of the allotment that this would not descend into a "my marrow is bigger than yours" sort of thing.

	Swimming lessons can drive parents to tears
	2:16pm Mon 17 Mar 08
	THE long-awaited re-opening of the leisure centre meant only one thing - swimming lessons were back on.

	Hubbie plans a devious plot
	1:54pm Thu 6 Mar 08
	THERE has been a coup on the allotment. Husband, who has threatened for years that he wants to get more involved, has finally had enough of being told where to dig and has appropriated one third of the plot as his own.

	Seeds of discontent amid afternoon tea and cake
	1:01pm Thu 28 Feb 08
	HALF-TERM is over and the children are sufficiently fed up with each other for school to feel like a welcome relief to them.

	Potatoes have had their chips
	1:43pm Thu 14 Feb 08
	BRILLIANT sunshine tempts me onto the allotment to give my asparagus a warm cover of manure and start to plan where this year's vegetables will go.

Forward planning over a chocolate biscuit

2:44pm Wednesday 13th February 2008

BRILLIANT sunshine tempts me onto the allotment to give my asparagus a warm cover of manure and start to plan where this year's vegetables will go.

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