On Sunday, I met up with an OU friend who had just moved to a village about 10 miles from me. I showed her the allotments. She had been on a waiting list in her old area (people were waiting 9 years). She now has a garden, though this had been used by the local cats…. Anyway, down on the plot, her daughter and my son played happily in the sand pit. We yapped about everything and consequently, I have lost my voice. She took home a swede, albeit a bit on the holey side - just needs preparing…
Eventually, I got round to planting out Jermor shallots and sowing some peas (Meteor) and 2 lots of broad beans (Aquadulce Claudia and a few Jubilee Hysor (the packet did say it was suitable for Oct/Nov sowing)).
OH dug in some seaweed, and discovered potatoes we must have missed. Some were ok, others had holes… At least we don’t have any more Jerusalem artichokes (although they were nice, and the plants acted as a windbreak saving it up for later release..), which we planted 3 years ago - in the second year, we were ruthless….
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