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Holidays and watering
Firstly and apology to everyone for the date errors on last weeks Moon Planting guide.
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Building a Cloche
Two days without rain in the last week thats what we've had here. So much for a BBQ Summer!
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Courgette & Marrow Recipes
Thanks to everyone who sent in recipe suggestions for Courgette's and Marrows.
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Onion & Garlic Sets
With September looming ever closer yesterdays weather was very autumnal and an early reminder of what can be expected over the next few months.
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Harvesting
The coming weekend looks to be a perfect one for gardening so what should you be doing?
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Autumn Jobs
Autumn is my favorite time of the year, while the harvesting heralds the end of a years work in the garden the autumn is also the start of the next gardening year.
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Autumn Equinox
The Autumn Equinox has just occurred on Tuesday and for most of usour nights are now longer than the days.
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Leaves & Wind
October already, and for the gardener the first things that come to mind when you say the word October are leaves and wind.
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Frosty Mornings
A chilly start for most of us today with the overnight temperatures dropping quickly.
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Early Autumn frost
This week we had ourfirst frost. Most of the country has already had several but for us in the warm south west the frosts are quite late.
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Clearing & Tidying
Clearing and tidying are the jobs of the moment and this week I am going to prune the blackcurrant bushes and raspberry canes.
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Clocks fall back
We are almost at the end of October and even though the weather is still fairly warm in most areas of the UK the inevitable cold is just around the corner.
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Happy Bonfire night!
For everyone outside of the UK who thinks I've gone mad celebrating a garden task, I haven't.
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Dead Hedge
Over the past few weeks I have been working on a garden project where I have had to remove a large amount of dead trees.
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Rain, rain go away....
Thanks to all the rain we've been having I have now finished all of the 'indoor' jobs and I'm now waiting for a few dry days so I can spread the last of the manure on the allotments.
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Rain has gone
Finally the rain has stopped and today is the first chance I have had for a while to get outside and do some work.
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First Snow
We had our first snow yesterday in Dorset, it wasn't much certainly not enough to make a snowball from but it did look very festive.
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Rat Catcher
A bit of a rushed newsletter today as I'm busy in the garden de-ratting the chicken shed.
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Armchair gardening
With the ground still too wet or to cold to even walk on, all I can do at the moment is look at the allotments and visualise my plans for this year.
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Garden Prep
Thanks to everyone for the feedback on using black polythene as a mulch. It sounds like it is going to be a very successful option this year.
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First look at Winter Damage
This week I ventured around the allotments to inspect the damage and pace out my plans for this year.
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False Spring
What a funny week it's been weather wise, one minute Spring is here and the birds are singing their little heads off and the next minute they're covered in snow as Winter returns.
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Real Spring?
It may not seem like it but we are a few weeks away from the start of Spring.
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Officially Spring
Ready........ Steady......... and I'm almost prepared for the madness of Spring and what's more I think I've got everything organised touch wood.
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Spring is Sprung
Well I don't know about you, but the weather here in Dorset has been great over the past week.
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Claire's Allotment
This week I have a bit more news to update you with. Also this week welcomes the return of 'Claire's Allotment' which has been away for far too long.
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