{"id":20661,"date":"2023-11-12T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=20661"},"modified":"2023-11-13T21:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:13:24","slug":"autumn-leaves-are-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/uncategorized\/autumn-leaves-are-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn leaves are falling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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After an absence of over a fortnight, we actually managed to visit the allotment last week.<\/p>

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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We were also pleasantly surprised to note that the cabbages, that were planted very late in the season, were actually making the effort to form hearts. Granted they are quite small but we only planted them on the premise that we had nothing to lose if they didn’t provide us with a harvest. We came home with a couple and there looks to be at least a few more that will be worth cutting.<\/p>

\"\"The task that we had set ourselves was to lift the dahlias and bring them home for storing. We expected that we would be digging them from mud but, incredibly after all the rain, the soil in the two beds was reasonably workable, so much so that after also removing the sweet pea frames we managed to weeds and dig over the beds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Last year, we lost all our dahlias so instead of leaving the tubers in the plot greenhouse we have brought them home where hopefully we can give them better protection. We also came across some gladioli bulbs which also came home.<\/p>

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We had a couple of afternoons at Nostell. Ruby was due to be groomed on Wednesday and so before we bathed her on Tuesday, we decided to brave the muddy paths. Ruby is very good at avoiding puddles but we knew that she was likely to end up filthy after this walk.<\/p>

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Her coat keeps lots of her body clean and dry but she still ends up with dirty legs, feet and ears which she trails along the ground when sniffing about.<\/p>

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Our second visit was in the morning and the sun shone which showed off the autumn colours at their best. Many of the leaves are falling and it won’t be long before the trees are bare. Some already are.<\/p>

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I took lots of photos as I want an autumn image to use for an acrylic print to hang in our dining room where we already have two other prints. If you have time to browse through the photos below, which would you choose? If you hover over an image the carousel will be paused. I’ve numbered the images for identification purposes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The drainage channels appear to be doing their job to reduce the flooding. On a less positive note, there are still no signs of any swans.<\/p>

After, the second walk, Ruby enjoyed laying in one of her favourite spots to enjoy the sunshine and keep an eye on the comings and goings outside. Her ears have been trimmed so hopefully will keep a little cleaner when on a sniffing mission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Finally on to some of last week’s meals. I made a Thai turkey curry<\/a> using some of our frozen peppers and some of our garlic.<\/p>

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Another meal was a chicken, leek and mushroom pasta bake<\/a>. Some of our leeks and more garlic went into that dish.<\/p>

\"\"A third meal was a vegetable stew into which went some of our carrots, onion, squash, parsnip, potato, one of the small cabbages and some peas from the freezer. The intention was to use one of the Turks Turban squash but this proved impossible to break into so we reverted to a dependable Crown Prince. I added some mushrooms, red kidney beans, soy sauce, stock, tomato puree and herbs.<\/p>

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That’s all for this week so as always keep safe and well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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