{"id":8654,"date":"2022-09-19T15:32:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=8654"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:31:25","slug":"autumns-here-its-turned-chilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/martyn\/autumns-here-its-turned-chilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn\u2019s here – it\u2019s turned chilly"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The weather had to eventually turn cooler. After above average temperatures throughout July and August and a mild start to September, it was a bit of a shock to the system when a bit of chilly weather arrived this week. The breeze moved into a cold northerly to make it feel even cooler.<\/p>

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\u00a0Over the last few nights, the temperature has dropped as low as 6.1\u00b0C and through the day the high temperature has only managed around 18\u00b0C rather than the low twenties we\u2019ve become used to. After a few showery days the previous week, we\u2019ve had a dry week. However, we managed to clear and dig over a few more beds at the allotment. We\u2019ve covered a couple of beds with weed control fabric to prevent weeds from germinating.<\/p>

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As I was unrolling the weed control fabric, which had been stored in the greenhouse over the summer, I think I rather annoyed this spider by disturbing its summer home.<\/p>

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Last year around this time , rather than leave them in the ground where they suffer from slugs or begin to rot if the weather turns very wet and cold, we decided to dig up our carrots and store them at home in compost. It\u2019s not very pleasant digging up carrots on a cold wet December day and having to wash them under cold water before they are fit to transport home. The experiment worked pretty well and I think our carrots lasted much longer stored in the greenhouse at home in a tub full of compost than left in the ground.<\/p>

This year I\u2019m planning on doing the same again. Also this year we\u2019ve been very successful with our beetroot crop and rather than leave the roots in the ground they have been lifted and stored in just the same way as last year\u2019s carrots. Next week I\u2019m hoping to get the carrots lifted and stored away in the greenhouse.<\/p>

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Once the carrots are lifted the only crop remaining to be harvested, rather than left to fend for itself through winter in the ground are our quinces. They\u2019re still not ready to pick so I\u2019m hoping that the weather holds out for a few more weeks to give them a chance to ripen.<\/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":"

The weather had to eventually turn cooler. After above average temperatures throughout July and August and a mild start to September, it was a bit of a shock to the system when a bit of chilly weather arrived this week. The breeze moved into a cold northerly to make it feel even cooler. \u00a0Over the 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