Then there were two

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Just one visit again to the allotment last week. We chose the brightest day but it was also one of the coldest days of autumn so far. The temperature plummeted and although it was a sunny afternoon, our plot was in shade. At this time of year, only plots along one edge of the site enjoy the benefit of any sunshine. The rest of the plots are in the shade of a row of enormous leylandii growing in a neighbouring garden. This means that we don't benefit from any small amount of warmth that the sun provides and work on the plot is unpleasant, even when wrapped up in multiple layers of clothing.

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Copyright: Original post from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/ author S Garrett

Colours are fading

We made a quick dash to the allotment last week. It had been mostly a dull and miserable week and the allotment echoed that description. At this time of year, it is hard to imagine working on a sunny plot full of growing crops and the need to haul cans of water around. The allotment is bleak, most beds are empty and the ground is muddy and slippery under foot. 

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Autumn leaves are falling

After an absence of over a fortnight, we actually managed to visit the allotment last week.

As always, after unloading the car, we checked on any plants that were still growing. That didn't take very long as, at this time of year most of the beds are empty. We were pleased to see that the winter onions, shallots and garlic were growing away well. We were especially pleased to see that the shallots have started to grow as there was no sign of this the last time that we checked. I don't expect much more growth to be put on now until next spring when hopefully they will grow away quickly.

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October in pictures

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Copyright: Original post from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/ author S Garrett

Water, water everywhere

Another week has gone by with no gardening taking place.

We are so glad to have got all our digging and bed preparation done before all the rain set in. After all the exceptional rainfall the soil will most certainly be soaked and too wet to do anything with. We have fruit bushed to prune or cut back but we are guessing the paths will be too soggy to walk on as we don't want to turn them into mud.

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Copyright: Original post from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/ author S Garrett