{"id":8752,"date":"2022-09-24T15:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:45:11","slug":"digging-still-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/digging-still-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging still on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Whilst we have had some rain, we still haven’t had enough to penetrate the soil meaning that the beds are still too dry to dig over.<\/p>\n

We are visiting the allotment less frequently now that there is no need to water everything and digging is on hold until we have more rain. In the event that we have persistent heavy rain, the next problem will be that the soil will become too claggy to dig. The joy of gardening on heavy clay soil.<\/p>\n

There are other jobs to occupy us. Last week I tidied the strawberry bed. I cut off all the old leaves and removed any runners. We then hoed between the plants before applying a light mulch of compost. Some of the runners were planted up to hopefully produce some spare plants should we have any winter casualties in the main strawberry bed.\"\"<\/p>\n

Removing the leaves also revealed a few bonus berries which were added to the handful of raspberries that we also picked.<\/p>\n

Martyn, lifted all the carrots which, like the beetroot, that I mentioned in my previous post, are being stored in tubs and crates of compost. These will be kept in the garden greenhouse over winter. This method of storage has worked well in the past and also means carrots are easily accessible when needed.<\/p>\n

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Carrots – Flakee, Romance and Sweet Candle<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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21 September – Apples, calabrese, a courgette, carrots, a few raspberries and strawberries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I picked a few dahlias. The plants haven’t produced as many flowers as usual and many are much smaller than they usually are but at one point we thought most of the tubers would fail to shoot, so we can’t complain too much.<\/p>\n

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We decided on a visit to Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors. It was the NYMR steam gala so Ruby had two new experiences.<\/p>\n

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She enjoyed her walk on the moors but wasn’t as sure about the noisy steam trains.<\/p>\n

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We made sure that we were well away from the platforms when any trains were due.<\/p>\n

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Sheep roam freely in the village and, despite having come across sheep before, Ruby is still bemused by them.<\/p>\n

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Last week’s meals included a vegetable biryani<\/a> that incorporated our carrots, potatoes, peppers, onions and peas. I also added some sweet corn.\"\"<\/p>\n

I also made a chicken and vegetable stew that used some of our potatoes, carrots, onion and some of our tomatoes. \"\"I used some of our sweetcorn in some turkey and corn burgers based on this recipe.<\/a> I didn’t have any fresh basil and so I used flat leaved parsley instead.<\/p>\n

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As always until next week stay safe and well<\/p>\n

Again I am linking to Harvest Monday<\/a> on Dave’s Our Happy Acres blog<\/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":"

Whilst we have had some rain, we still haven’t had enough to penetrate the soil meaning that the beds are still too dry to dig over. We are visiting the allotment less frequently now that there is no need to water everything and digging is on hold until we have more rain. 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