Monday, February 3

Onions and potatoes


The only gardening-related activity last week was a visit to a local garden centre to buy our seed potatoes and onion sets.

As well as offering seed potatoes in the usual bags, there are also individual potatoes on sale which is ideal for those who wish just to plant one or two tubers in pots or, like us, want to try something different.

We bought five tubers each of Elland and Francis. Francis is an early variety and  Elland is an early maincrop. We also bought bags of two varieties that are new to us, Skywalker - a second early and Kingsman - a maincrop. Three other varieties Orla - second early, Sagitta - maincrop and Ulster Prince - first Early are all varieties that we have successfully grown before. We will also replant some of the potatoes that we grew last year.






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Monday, January 27

First signs


The storm that was predicted for last week, didn't hit us as hard as it appeared to do in other areas. The winds tracked in from the west and I think we had some protection from the Pennines.

We even managed to time Ruby's walks to avoid the rain.

Although we may not have experienced the worst of the weather, we still had strong winds so we went to the allotment not knowing what to expect.

The main damage was that the panels surrounding the composting areas had been blown down.




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Monday, January 20

It begins

The snow has almost all disappeared. All that remains are mounds where snow had been piled up. The snowman, that interested Ruby so much the previous week, is now a shadow of its former self and was of no interest.


We didn't venture to the allotment. This time, it wasn't the weather that kept us away rather, we were busy doing other things, but more on that later.



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Monday, January 13

Chilling out

Although we haven't had any more snow, despite having some heavy rain, the snow that fell over a week ago is still sticking around.

It's no longer the fluffy wet stuff as below-zero temperatures have changed, what was left of the snow, to ice. It wasn't the best of weather for celebrating two birthdays. Martyn's birthday was on Tuesday and Ruby's on Wednesday. Ruby was five years old and Martyn was -  a lot older.




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Monday, January 6

Just missed a white Christmas

I don't really have much to say this week. Christmas and the New Year are now behind us and winter has moved in with a vengeance. It has been cold, very cold.

We haven't ventured to the allotment. Fortunately, we didn't need any vegetables. 




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Wednesday, January 1

December in pictures


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