The UK Garden Wheel
2007-03-17

As promised, I am taking a slight break from whinging to bring you my latest Flash creation, the UK Garden Wheel!

Because Livejournal doesn't allow scripting, I can only link to it via the image below. Click on it to see it.

EDIT JUNE 10, 2007 - Again, this is not livejournal anymore, so you can find it in the Media section.

It is currently in Beta (Nico will be testing it soon, hopefully) so I know there are a few bugs. Specifically, the math is a bit screwy on which way to turn the wheel. For some reason, when you click on radishes, the wheel spins the long way around... I'll try to fix it. It also doesn't have a preloader yet, so it may take a couple seconds before everything loads (I'll fix it later). Let me know if anything else is busted or any other comments. You need Flash Player 9 to use it. If it looks all fucked up and nothing works, download it HERE

It is full of all the info you need to get started growing your own veg in the UK.

The face in the sunflower is the mighty Owen. He is my neighbour, a lecturer/techie at Nottingham Trent University and VERY good sport. He also doubles as my garden guru who has successfully grown all kinds of stuff in his backyard. The info in the boxes is stripped from the pages of Owen's secret garden manual.

Consider yourself priveleged to see it. Owen is the man.

If you are a Canadian and are wondering "What the hell is a Mange Tout?" click on the Canadian flag to get the Canadian translations. Even though it has the Canadian translations, the info is for UK gardens ONLY. You may have a hard time planting carrots in Canada in February.

If you use it for your own garden, please let me know if it worked, or especially if it didn't. I am always looking for an excuse to raz Owen.

Enjoy!

PS More whinging next week.