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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Autumn growth
Down the allotment this week (at sunset in only a T-shirt — in October!), I noticed that the raspberries are cropping again. Admittedly they are autumn raspberries, but ‘autumn’ in raspberry parlance usually means August/September, not October/November. They’re not as … Continue reading
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Autumn and winter planting
The season is definitely turning, and it’s time to think about planting on the allotment for autumn and winter. For me, autumn planting falls into two categories: things which you can plant now to harvest in the spring; and things … Continue reading
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