To tell my plot neighbour I know her secret

[Oysterbabe]

(Lighthearted)
I have an allotment. It is poorly maintained but I do my best. I have a job, a 2 and 4 year old and I don't keep on top of it as much as I should. It gives me a lot of pleasure when I do get a good session down there though so I persevere. I have a monster pumpkin growing right now that I'm very proud of.

My plot neighbour has a beautiful, pristine plot that produces an endless stream of perfect fruit and vegetables. When I see her down there she's relaxing on her bench or gently pruning something. I often compliment her plot and express how envious I am. She'll usually give me a benevolent smile and say something about it's hard work but worth the effort.

Last night I popped down pretty late, just before dark, to stash some things I'd bought in the shed. There was a man there strimming her plot. I asked if he was a relative of plot neighbour and he wasn't. He is her gardener. He goes there once a week to do the weeding, keep everything tidy and prepare beds for planting.

WIBU to drop him into conversation next time she's watching me waist deep in bindweed?

Can you book the gardener for the time slot before your neighbor 😆

@yetanothernamitynamechange - YANBU

@Ironfloor269

I thought 'strimming her plot' was a euphemism.

Me too. Maybe OP should get a man to strim her plot too.

It’s a must 😂

Unless she is snarky, rude about your plot or deliberately revels in how wonderful her plot is compared to how rubbish yours is, then I don’t understand why you’d give this any thought?!

She has a gardener. So what? He does some, she does some. She already knows that she has a gardener & that you don’t.
She gets enjoyment from a nice allotment. Doesn’t affect you in the slightest.
She’s not judging you or putting you/yours down. It’s not a competition.

Unless of course she IS judging you, deliberately looking down on yours, patronising you or lording it over you, in which case, absolutely put her back in her place!
Otherwise, live & let live.

Erm, I think this thread was just intended to be light hearted?!!

Ask her for her gardening tips about something complicated and say how much you admire her enormous pumpkins (or whatever).

Is the gardener fit?

this is strangely common! A lady on our site had a gardener (the same one that did the garden at home) that did her plot. To be honest - the whole point of allotments is so the poor could feed themselves - which is why you arent allowed to sell produce you grow as under the laws of being 'allotted land' you were only to feed you family and if you had enough to sell, you then didnt need it. You are however allowed to give or swap. Therefore - if you can afford a gardener, what the hell do you have one for!? Maybe she doesnt have a garden or does it for the social aspect and doesnt really like the gardening?

Either way when people cant get a plot and actually need one - it's a bit rubbish.

I would save it for a time where the ammunition will be all the sweeter. I tend to not get into things with people - but when i do i like to do it properly and a juicy bit of ammo like that is worth saving.

It also might be against your sites rules - it was with ours as the gardener wasnt a named tennant of the plot and therefor not cover by the site insurance to be there.