September in many ways was similar to the summer months in that we had a few hot days for the time of year but the remaining days were pretty disappointing. This September finished in fifth place, temperature-wise, equal with 2010, with an average 13.8°C or 56.9°F.
As you can see from the rainfall figures, it was a dry month finishing in tenth place out of eleven years. The dry weather has meant that we’ve been able to get some tidying up done at the allotment.
I’ve at last managed to get our old strawberry bed dug over. It’s a few years now since the old strawberry plants were removed. Under the weed control fabric, the ground had become exceptionally dry and compacted with large cracks.
It’s good to have it finally dug over. Hopefully, over winter it will be broken down by the winter rain and frosts and be in a suitable condition for planting up next spring.
We’ve already had our first frost of autumn. Whilst it wasn’t a keen frost it was enough to finish off our courgette plants.
It didn’t do any damage to our dahlias so with a bit of luck we might be picking a few flowers for another couple of weeks.
October has got off to a wet start making up for a dry September. Saturday was a thoroughly wet day with the rainfall adding up to 19.9mm or 0.8in.
I’m pretty sure, judging from posts on social media., that we avoided the worst of the rainfall.
