So Autumn is upon us. Yes, it is warm every so often but essentialist it is Autumn. I have picked apples from my little trees and blackberries from the hedgerows, it is Autumn.

So how was Summer for you? Ours was pretty rubbish plot wise. No spectacular crop failures but it's not been warm enough or sunny enough for those extra little bits. The melon vines died before the fruit was ripe due to the chilly nights and the chillies have done very little. The Sweet potato experiment is still on g...

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So we were sat on Poundbury Hillfort yesterday (which you can read about, as well as some other things, here) and we were wondering how they calculate when Easter is. One of the reason for this thought was potatoe related. When are you supposed to put potatoes in the ground? On Good Friday I'm lead to believe but that is different every year and is therefore, as a immoveable date in the calender, of no help. If Easter is the most important Christian festival (as most say it is) then why doesn...
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Hello my allotment blog reading friends. Sorry I haven't written much lately but not that much is going on. Nothing is growing very much and what is there I have already talked about. I did plant my Garlic for next year in, what is now, my garlic bed. I would show you a picture but who wants to see a picture of several square feet of bare earth. About 80 little gloves are sitting just below the surface ready to spring forth with lovely, thick green shoots that are really garlicky when you...
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