Its good but tge bloody foxes with rip through the net

Love Packwood. Lovely kitchen garden and great walk over to Baddersley Clinton and back round.

My escape day down the plot starts in about 9 hours😊😊 its gonna be coldand frosty and i cant wait

Where are your gloves, lad? 🤣

you can always tell your king charles its ok to learn a bit about your life

Yeah snow would drift up the front door so you'd have to burrow out! I'm same age as you I think and remember the snow being as deep as my thighs. Our school only ever closed once and we were always made to go in, even if the buses weren't running 😂

Having another 10 yrs on you Graeme I remember that whenever we broke up for Christmas from school, it was always thick snow outside and on way home we’d have a massive snowball fight. I dont remember the plastic bags in our hands but I remember the soggy wet woolly mittens that we had that attached on a string going through your coat sleeves usually made by your mum so you didn’t loose them. Also remember making Ice slide along the pathto see who could slide the furthest. Our sledge would be anything we could sit on to slide on including our coats sometimes if you had one. We’d be out there for hours and hours. Loved it. Ps well done on the fulll disclosure Alcohol Vlog. You’ll help many people with that vlog.

Roll and snowman with socks on your hands

I always remember my Dad carrying me and my brother over the snow drifts in 1962 ❤

I would keep adding woodchips to where it’s flooded… surly another 6” deep layer would have that fixed… weed control fabric makes flooding worse… use cardboard then woodchip

Only had a smattering down here in Gloucestershire but it still brought out the big kid in this old fart 🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy it Graeme 🤗

Hi Graeme. You seem well, enjoying the snow. I’m 20 years older than you but my memories of the snow seem just as vivid😮. These days I live in N E Wales near Chester but I was brought up in Worcester. I’ve lost both of my parents now but I have 3 siblings all of whom live nearer to our birthplace. My abiding memory of snow is how much my Dad used to enjoy it. We use to go sledging by Worcester Blind College (not far from Whittington and the M5 although it wasn’t built then). We have had snow up here but overnight. The Wrexham area appears to have had more snow than most other places up here. My grandson’s school was closed today (like yours was 40 years ago). I empathise with your comments about how we communicate these days compared to when we were lads. How’s your Citroen or Peugeot micro-camper these days and work? PM me if necessary. I love watching your videos especially since lockdown. Keep up the brilliant work. Warmest regards, Chris Harris 🤗

Hi Graeme. You seem well, enjoying the snow. I’m 20 years older than you but my memories of the snow seem just as vivid😮. These days I live in N E Wales near Chester but I was brought up in Worcester. I’ve lost both of my parents now but I have 3 siblings all of whom live nearer to our birthplace. My abiding memory of snow is how much my Dad used to enjoy it. We use to go sledging by Worcester Blind College (not far from Whittington and the M5 although it wasn’t built then). We have had snow up here but overnight. The Wrexham area appears to have had more snow than most other places up here. My grandson’s school was closed today (like yours was 40 years ago). I empathise with your comments about how we communicate these days compared to when we were lads. How’s your Citroen or Peugeot micro-camper these days and work? PM me if necessary. I love watching your videos especially since lockdown. Keep up the brilliant work. Warmest regards, Chris Harris 🤗

Graeme… can I ask why you have netted all around your plot please .🙂

Lovely video! I remember that the heating systems in schools in the 70s/80s just couldn't handle the British winters 😂

Ah claire du lune music 🎵 i can play that! In Bristol we got snow for a few hours but not enough to settle on the roads, just a bit on the grass. Bristol normally never gets snow! When i lived in Birmingham we got snow every year.

Self control and respect for others around me is my limiter. I enjoy drinking but limit myself to Saturday night only. I would love to drink more but I reckon I would end up like you have. Non drinking nights are fine but boring, I reckon your health will thank the new you. Edit: The benefit for drinking: it makes me feel normal, my anxieties dull, I relax for a couple hours then fall asleep. The rest of the time I worry and fret, so I feel its different for each individual. In short only when I have had a few drinks does the stress recede and I stop worrying, and that is a benefit for drinking for me and I treasure the one night a week I allow myself.

Yep you're onto something with this. I'm 47 as well, I'm lucky I never actually liked the taste but the lad culture and my own social anxiety fed a habit when I was younger. The habit disappeared as I went out less and less due to family commitments. It would still take the edge off social anxiety for me but i rarely have the opportunity to use it. I feel anxiety is inversely proportional to feelings of self esteem and so it's important for sufferers to push themselves to achieve things e.g. through hobbies both physical and mental/skills based.

brilliant...i stopped drinking alcohol 10 years ago when i was same age as you ......life is so much better and depression symptoms lessened ......i'm really happy for you to have got to your decision

Used to have a couple of bottles of wine a week and during the pandemic would have a g and t every day. Stopped drinking alcohol two years ago, and I don't miss it. It is better health wise. It doesn't make you happier, as you say.

I gave up 3 years ago and have never looked back. I used to bing drink and at the age of 54 I’m like a spring chicken. Work is great and so are my 3 Allotments.

I was a pretty big drinker all through my life and the kind of work I did had a culture of drinking, so that didn't help at all! I'm 62, but around 6 years ago I re-assessed my relationship with alcohol purely for health reasons and quality of life. I didn't want to give it up completely, because in moderation it can be a pleasant experience when you are in control. So myself and my wife (she has never been much of a drinker) decided we would enjoy sharing a bottle of red wine together every two weeks only. It totally changed my life, I felt so much better, so in control, the weight came off and my head was so much more clear. Now we sometimes forget it's been two weeks and find it's three or four weeks since the last glass.

I knocked it on the head years ago and would rather have a cuppa now. Not that I am a boring, miserable old fart now though lol. Get stuck in to that grot spot Graeme and keep smiling 🤗

The benefits of alchole are a myth, I did a 30 day challenge over 3 years ago and haven't had a drop since, best thing I ever did, a great book is Alchole. Explained ....if you haven't read it already 😊

I am currently in week 1 of Whole 30. Wanted to try this to get relief from digestive issues, and it has certainly done that!! It seems restrictive (it is an elimination diet) and alcohol is one of the *no’s*. I have been a social drinker for all my life, but now “not drinking” is really working! I think feeling healthy becomes more of a priority as we get older 👍🏻 Best to you!!

I gave up alcohol to save money about 6 or 7 years ago. I had been used to having a drink of something every day but it was easy to stop and I don’t miss it. Since then I’ve changed to the carnivore diet and only drink water. It’s a much nicer way to live and I feel totally rejuvenated. I realised that all these different foods and drinks are just corporations trying to sell us stuff we don’t need. It seems really odd now to go into a supermarket and watch people fill trolleys full of sugar, carbs and alcohol costing hundreds of pounds. I wonder if it will turn into a different lifestyle for you too?

Try making country wines. You could experiment with different things you might have on your allotment. Mass produced alcohol is poison, full of sulphites and fermented highly refined (often gmo) sugars.

Yes Birmingham in the 90s was just one big boozy party 🎉 and it was great but luckily I get such bad hangovers that I couldn't drink every day even if I wanted to 😅 I limit myself to 2 glasses when I drink now 🤪

Used to be in the pub every night for 16 years had kids and stopped I go out for work Xmas party and have a nice bottle of red on Christmas day that was twenty years ago don't miss it at all.

Oh wow this is very similar to my recent stories.. I also got made redundant around the start of the year and couldn't figure out why every single day I felt like crap and wondering where the anxiety was coming from.. Having to be somewhere early in the morning after drinks before just made me panic. I knocked it on the head for 6 months before I had some beers on my birthday and have slowly been drinking more since, I think I may join you on the wagon again.

Fantastic upload man 🥾🥾

Your plot is looking good. Can see how much hard work its taken, nice job I also like to let my allotment rest over winter

I'm at work at 7am. I only get every other weekend on my plot

Graeme, absolutely you have done the right thing. Best to do one thing well rather than two things half heartedly. The bonus is you will be helping someone else get the allotment bug. Keep up the good work. Loving your KZbin videos.

I am so glad that you have made that decision Graham because I think someone else will benefit from that plot going forward. I didn’t comment on the last blog because I didn’t want to be a Debbie downer and make that suggestion but I’m glad that you’ve come to it by yourself.. put all your energy into your beloved plot. It’s hard to make that decision, especially with it being your dad’s, but I do think it is the right decision… well done and goodbye little plot x by the way I wouldn’t put a pond under the trees the roots will eventually impact the liner and the leaves in the pond will be a nightmare. Maybe the area behind the poly tunnel where you put your pumpkins last year would be a better area.

Hi Graeme, I'm quite new to growing and also your videos. Definitely giving someone else a chance to have an allotment is the right way to go. Apparently, waiting lists are huge, so someone is going to have a lovely surprise soon 😊 I only have a kitchen garden, which is plenty enough for me, and I'm also growing flowers next year. I think your pond area sounds very soothing. I'll look forward to seeing that next year.

Aww well done Graham 😊 Yay for cut flowers!! Always good to learn something new and your plot will look great too!

Someone is going to be delighted to get that plot. You’ll still be able to see it and maybe get to know the new owner.

Flowers will only help to bring pollinators to your edible plants. Win-win!

Well done Graeme👏 Brilliant decision and good Karma 😊I can recommend Georgie from the Chanel " Common Farm Flowers .

Dig in san

Feels like the right decision. Quality over quantity.

So glad you made that choice, somebody else is going to be made up 😃 Have a super weekend with Sarah and keep smiling Graeme 🤗

Graeme save the earth from the molehill it will be very fine and be brilliant to grow your carrots in.

I would cover half of it with membrane. Broad beans onions and garlic in the other half for now 😊

perennial fruits and flowers? Ask plot neighbours if they have any spares to save buying things 😊

£100 🤔. A bed of Broad beans then a wildlife pond , a bed each of onions and garlic and a fruit tree. Good luck. 🇦🇺

It seems unfair .Are there people waiting for plots ? You have more than enough on your main plot 🤷

As others have said: Yes, it is creeping buttercup. Fortunately the roots aren't deep so surface forking is usually sufficient to lift it out, roots and all, but make sure you lift it all out (and compost it) or it will re-introduce itself and spread. like wildfire.