I don't believe it!
Today I received the following email from Harrod Horticulture:
Dear Customer
With snowfall covering much of Britain we wanted to give you a reminder, as per your fruit cage instructions, to remove the roof netting from your fruit cage roof as, with the exception of our Decorative Fruit Cages (with a peak roof), they are not designed to carry excessive snow. If snow settles on a flat roofed cage there is a risk that the weight may collapse the framework, so by taking action you will save any damage to your cage. Alternatively if you wish to protect your crops with roof netting throughout the winter period but still get protection from snow damage, then we recommend that you replace it with 8cm/3” mesh anti-pigeon netting (GDN-073 on page 33 of our 2010 catalogue or search this code on the website). For assistance with calculating your requirements, please call our Customer Services Department on 0845 218 5301.
Let’s hope the weather clears up soon so that we can all begin gardening this year!
Kind Regards
Sabrina Lockwood
Two days too bloody late! What is wrong with these people?
Perhaps what it should have said is:
Dear Customer
With snowfall covering much of Britain we wanted to give you a reminder to skip along to your jolly old allotment and assess the damage to your spindly old fruit cage caused by the excessive snowfall. But best you hurry, for although we have ample stocks of replacement aluminium poles, fixings and netting (postage and packing extra), we are anticipating a big demand for these items because we deliberately didn't warn you in time!
blah, blah, blah
Perhaps it did until some young smart ass-wipe yuppee from the Sales and Marketing department got his sweaty paws on it!
As if that wasn't enough the bloody power cuts keep tripping out my greenhouse heating and propagating system causing me to tramp out through the snow at all hours to reset it.
What is the country coming to? It's enough to turn a man to drink!
Well if would be if the dray, now 2 days overdue, delivers some beer to the Fox.
The IPA (on offer @ £1.99 a pint) ran out 3 days ago forcing me to drink the full price Moorlands Original.
Greene King has gone right down the pan since in ventured out of Suffolk.
At least we saved the Test Match. Credit must go to the selectors for sending in a vegetable at number 11.
Why, only a week into the New Year, do I have this horrible feeling that 2010 will be the Year of Doom and Gloom?
Answers on a post-card please.
I feel a toon coming on!
