Allotment Growing

Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Gardening

Allotment Diary for Wednesday 26th September 2007

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The pundits were right and we had a white Christmas and very beautiful it was as well. Now the snow has been melted away by the rain and temperatures have soared into double figures again.

The plots are very wet with water pooling in places so I just spent a couple of hours filling the leaf cage on Plot 5 and added a couple of barrow loads to the cage on plot 29.

The field beans on plot 29 have keeled over, due to the snow and frost I expect. Digging them in can wait. Strangely the field beans planted later by the onions don't seem to be affected - I expect they hardened off better.

The leeks still look good on plot 5 and I think the parsnips and carrots are OK too. I should really have harvested the carrots but the wet soil is hard to get off them so I'll just dig as needed unless we have another couple of dry days.

Planning for next year is the next priority.

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