allotment banter

been and bought weekly fix of gardeners news this morning and first page read Battle of the Sexes - Grumpy old men want women off allotments.i laughed out loud.the reason being i was over our allotment yesterday and two gentlemen were talking to my husband(hes on building a new pigeon loft so we have ALOT of visiters)anyway i was in the greenhouse with a flask of tea when the two men decided to leave and one stuck his head in the door and said"isnt love a wounderful thing" and then "we come to these gardens to get away from you women you know!" once upon a time i would have said something like "well if you stayed in your own garden you wouldnt have to look at me mate" but instead i just said "bit of bad luck your having then"they did leave then (laughing) and i had to laugh myself but to tell the truth i was MAD.its not the first time ive had this kind of thing said just not so "in my face" .just woundered if any one else has .

 

Me..I prefer lady gardeners for a chin wag,no page three,no football, just good juicy gossip :D ... and of course, eloquent and intelligent conversation,not to mention a decent brew

 

Well you have got it wrong girls we love you all. Nothing I like better than a chat with a female gardener and showing her my prize possessions usually in the garden shed.

 

Tch, tch! hans! Double-entendre there!

I always used to bristle when guys remarked on my checking the oil and water at a garage! Comments like 'could do with a little woman like you at home' or 'where's your hubby - he should be doing that!'
(Well, guys, I'm single and proud of it!)

 

Nothing wrong with women at the lotty. Someone's got to wash up the tea cups.

 

Elaine,

I so know what you mean! My grandmother had an allotment for 50 years, she was a real green finger! But even at the end the guys there would make jokes about her doing the gardening, digging etc. Not to speak of that most of those guys would sit in the shed and have a few beers rather than weed the garden (think they smuggled the women in at night to do that).

I am going to have a look at some allotments on the weekend - would like to go on with the tradition. I'll keep you posted - but it is a woman showing us round!

 

I think you will also find in the Garden News a few months ago a woman beat quiet a few men to win the best kept allotment competition

Sorry lads :D

 

and the meek shall inherit the earth

 

I bet the shed was spotless.