Red at night

a gardeners delight,

Red in the morning

a marathon’s warning.

Volcanic ash and sulphurous smells drift over Brighton, while the last seeds are sown, the last runner is blown and Pompeii is relegated.

The Marathon may be an Ashathon, but gardeners may delight in the present of potash allowed even by the new allotment rules. If it rains a weak acid rain, the few greenfly that survived the winter will wither away, while the absence of "high in the sky" vapour trails and the stilled silence of Gatwick will be Sussex's present.Thank you Iceland.


The Argus: Pompeii


But don’t bank on nature giving us the answers, so today I want to give the answers to the April Fool quiz on the new allotment rules.

My in box has been bursting with brilliant answers on the allotment rules.

First of all Mrs Trellis of Moulescoomb asked “if I get half the questions half right , will I receive a quarter of the prized apples?” The answer is of course yes, so long as they are picked now.

The much awaited answers are as follows:

1.How long are the rules?

e) 10 pages…..but they seem endless.

2. How many times does the word termination, terminate or serve notice appear?

e) 25 times……..but they are repeated Interminably.

3.How did the Council consult on its rules?

(e) Only to site reps ……who consulted by telepathy.

4. How tall can a fruit tree be if you are an old tenant?

e) 2 metres….but old trees as high as the sky

5. How old is an old tenant?

(e) There is no definition or indeed any mention of old tenants

Bonus Question!! What rule is hidden between the lines?

The rules will be interpreted by the terminators in a discretionary way. ……………remember the terminators are coming.

The rest of the answers are coming soon ..unless like Pompy we are submerged in ash and relegated.