May 22nd, 2009 by Rich

There was a time not that long ago when local press did an important job, sadly those days appear to be over. If you can find a story in local press that isn’t a just a press release being re-written you are doing well. I have the misfortune of having Martin Salter as my MP, many of you may have seen him recently seeking as much publicity as possible over the Ghurkha’s right. The Ghurkhas deserve our respect and the rights to a life in this country, they have earned the right through service to our country. However the constant self publicising grinning twat that is Martin Salter, who chairs a cross party group in Ghurkha’s right, decided he had no back bone what so ever and when the matter came to vote in the commons rather than vote on the side of a campaign he “believes in” he chose to not go against his masters (i.e. the one eyed Scottish prat destroying our country) and instead abstain. I have seen more balls on a newborn baby girl.

What really takes the biscuit is that at every available opportunity he is there in the local press saying how great it is that Ghurkhas will finally get the rights they deserve. How dare he! Meanwhile the local press (including the Reading Evening Post and Reading Chronicle) continue to ignore the fact his waste of space abstained!?!? Where are the reports on that? It’s not like they don’t know he was two faced on this issue. In days gone by I believe local press would not let the local MP get away with this pathetic behaviour but these days we get no mention at all. Let’s also not forget that Salter is standing down at the next election, so what did he have to lose by voting against the government?

The sooner we have an election and get rid of Martin Salter and this shambolic government the better. As for local press, if there sales are in decline I suggest they try looking at the “journalistic quality” of their papers. May local press return to greatness or be confined to the pits of hell!

May 20th, 2009 by Rich

Is that you don’t talk about chicken club!

No I haven’t gone mad, well may be a little …..Our allotment neighbour Jon had an idea and has convinced me and a few others that it is a winning idea, to collectively keep some chickens. The basis premise being that seven plots join forces to rent a plot and keep chickens for eggs, sharing the costs and sharing the work. Currently we are five, we’ve worked out ball park figures to start up. We need to find some more willing members but I’m sure that won’t be a problem, the main sticking point at the moment is that we need to convince the council that this is a good idea. Hopefully we can get things worked out within the next month or two so we can get some ex-battery hens in and back to good condition before the poor weather kicks in.

May 19th, 2009 by Rich

If you remember way back I said we had planted four left over first earlies in a big pot, well last weekend we harvested the pot giving us our first new potatoes of the year. After emptying out and rooting about we came away with 2.4kg of spuds, not bad for the left overs that didn’t make it into the ground! I did consider taking a photo but then I figured you all know what a potato looks like

I feel I should also point out that I haven’t posted in a while,  ok more than a while! Sorry about that, been busy with many things on and off the allotment. I will aim to bring you up to speed with our progress over the next few days