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Cold shoulder, cold hands, cold everything
The temperature dropped again today so naturally I got the camera out. There was no gardening to be done today at these temperatures but at least now my bathroom is shining! Isn’t it amazing how busy we can get when we put our minds to it? I ventured out to the garden for a little…
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No snow or aliens on the allotment today
I’ve heard the aliens have landed, the rest of the country is 10 feet deep in snow and we can expect to be nuked at any moment – my preferred course of action is to go to the allotment and leave them to it. I managed to get a surprising amount of work done today,…
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Tick this allotment job off the list!
I have to share some good news with you. We were on a break this week so made it up to the allotment 3 times – that’s a lot for us, especially at this time of the year. We’ve been working on one side and spreading manure all over it. This was how it looked…
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There is a mystery afoot
We have a garden mystery which remains, as yet, unsolved. We have a bird feeding station in the back garden and I love seeing the birds coming to it and making a wonderful mess, scattering seeds all over the place which sprout and grow into the most beautiful field of weeds which I then have…
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It’s manure time!
I’m not joking and that isn’t code for anything – I’ve been shovelling lots of the stuff. During our latest allotment visit, we finally got the beans down, the last bit of weeding more or less done on one side and the manure shovelling started! Dearest Son dealt with the beans and a lot of…
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Getting the garden polytunnel ready for Winter
It’s that time of year already so let me show you what I managed to do. Regular readers will know I got the polytunnel for the garden very late into the season so I don’t count this as a ‘normal’ year for it. Having said that, things have been attempting to grow and there is…
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Mental Boost on the Plot
Gardening isn’t just about the vegetables and flowers. We had a pretty short visit to the plot this week and even though I hadn’t been up for over a week, it wasn’t looking too drastic. I was needing the time there. I don’t know if it’s the clock change or the temperature noticeably dropping but…
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Autumnal skies on the plot
I also finally got the last of the garlic planted in the polytunnel. I am aware our clocks go back here in the UK, this weekend which is great for my sleep but not so great for my ability to get to the allotment during the week. As it is, we are racing the sunset…
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The Calm After the Storm
Storm Ashley came like an angry poltergeist, threw things around and was seemingly exorcised out of here. The noise of that wind last night was enough to make me go out, in my pyjamas, to check the polytunnel. I don’t know what time it was but it was wild. Of course Scooby came out with…
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Apples
I had planned to do this post on apples earlier in the evening but as I’m typing I have to admit I’m a little concerned my new polytunnel won’t be there in the morning. Yes it’s getting windy, very windy. So to distract myself, let’s talk apples. I picked nearly all the apples off our…
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Garlic Moon?!
Ok I’ve mixed two things I did together to come up with that title. We had a gorgeous, sunny and warm day here and I don’t care if it’s not ‘meant’ to be like that here in October – I’ll take it! I nipped into the new polytunnel in the garden and checked the temperature…
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A Little Plot Time
We managed a quick trip on the 15th October. I don’t expect to get masses of work done at the allotment at this time of year – it’s pretty cold and we are racing the light when we go up during the week. However, I finally got the last of the weeds out of the…
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