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More tidying on the allotment

Picked all quinces

Picked grapes

Caterpillars on PSB

Amazing transformation after heavy rain - video

Three unwanted records

Purple Sprouting under attack

A cold one

Autumn review of our allotment (including video)

Last of apples, first of quinces - video

Living up to its name

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Afternoon visit to RSPB Old Moor

Tidied and cleared more allotment beds

Trimmed apple hedge

Apple hedge, garlic, onions and carrots - video

Just hanging on

A brief return to summer

Confusing weather

Winding down - with video

Afternoon at RSPB Old Moor

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Still tidying on the allotment

Clearing under crab apple tree in the garden

Visited Clumber Park

Dug first of Flakee and Autumn King carrots

Dug first leeks.

What's been going on underground

Carrot success - watering pays off

Checking out the professionals - with video

Clumber Park

Raucous ducks and geese - video

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Lots of digging and general tidying up on the plot including a bonfire

Harvested more leeks

Cleared more of the area under the crab apple tree in the garden

Acer in full autumn colour

Spinach growing well in the raised bed.

First ground frost

Good progress and then gales

We dug, dug, dug

Refurbishing Plot 30 - video

Bonfire Night Comes Early on the Allotment - video

Below zero an October first

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More digging and preparing beds

Covered carrots and parsnips with straw

Dug first parsnip

Frosty and dahlias and kiwi have been knocked back

Sowed coriander indoors

Removed some patio tubs into the greenhouse.

Had another fire

Below zero an October first

Coldest October day

More of last week's jobs on the plot - video

Slow parsnip reveal - video

Protecting our carrots and parsnips

A frosty end to October

A trip to the woodchip bay, carrots, parsnips and more digging

Sunday afternoon on the plot