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A quick visit down the allotment resulted in a whole wheelbarrows worth of produce.  I KNOW the pumpkins fill most of the space, but that was the intention, the Tallest had specifically requested some that were of carvable proportions, and this year we have finally delivered.
Sweetcorn is a favourite in our household (minus Mr GT) [...]

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The distinct lack of posts has been due to actually having a social life!
And having finally returned from what will be the last engagement for a few weeks things may return to their normal pace.
Prior to going away for our first ever weekend without the children, the allotment was given some serious attention, and was [...]

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On the odd occasion I do get to stray away from only planting the things that we eat as a family and get to have a ’splurge’ on a packet of seeds. This years little treat was a packet of Globe Artichoke seeds.
Something I have fallen in love with ever since an exchange trip to [...]

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Tallest seen here posing with the row of peas that she helped plant up and stake in.
We’ll go back to the allotment tomorrow to have a recce to see how many succumed to the bloody pigeons that seem to wait undetected while us foolish gardeners plant the fruits of our labours into the ground, only [...]

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Okay, so leading on from my last post, I was extoling the virtues of having a mini-me on hand to help with all the sowing that has to be done at this time of year…what I omitted was the anecdote that goes along with the last lot of peas.
The Tallest and I were out in [...]

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So, posts have been a little thin on the ground, but then again so have I…
My diagnosis with Coeliac Disease around three years ago seemed to be the answer to my constant battle with maintaining a healthy weight. And for a while this was so, but 11 months after having my second baby, the weight [...]

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All these frosty mornings, although not helping the frugal use of wood, has definately had a palpable effect on the earth at the allotment, there is a definate breaking up of the larger lumps.
I wish that I could say that I was responsible for the largest part of the plot having been dug over, but [...]

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Tallest has been full of help and assistance, and yesterday was no exception. After doing some painting and needing to give it time to dry. She was enlisted in the use of that marvellous invention the Pot Maker to good use, by getting ready the overwintering peas. This year we have planted Meteor, another popular [...]

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Spent some time down at the Allotment yesterday, DH dug up the last of the Spuds, there were only two rows left of Cara, and they have given a fantastic yield, with consistantly good sized tubers, unlike the first rows that we lifted some weeks ago. We both felt that they had obviously benefited from [...]

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This is the last of our calabrese harvested, we haven’t worried too much about successional sowing – as what with the marvels of modern living i.e. a freezer. We have just been blanching and freezing the florets once we’ve cut them and this means that they are really fresh and good to eat.
The plants have [...]

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