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Allotment Gardening

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  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Purplerallim , known Anwick g/c , might try and have a drive out but a bit busy at moment
    Afternoon at allotment lots harvested 
    a Unfortunately most of the beetroot had been particularly eaten see picture, never happened before , wondered if mice 🐁?
  • The slugs have just started to appear here, could it be them? @GWRS
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Don’t known but they looked more like it had been nibbled / teeth makes in my opinion , as I said never happened before , shame do Like beetroot 
  • Yes wish my golden beetroot hadn't bolted. Its annoying it's just bits of all the crop.


  • Used the free pallets to construct compost bins at the back of the plot this morning.
    East Yorkshire
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Mr V E , that’s a mighty big compost area 

    Spent a day at plot , got 2 big beds ready for winter onions 
    Started on the summer raspberry bed , 3 more rows to go 
    Cleaned up a bed of broccoli 🥦 and a few other jobs 

    Will go to plot tomorrow and finish the raspberry bed 
    Picked some sweet corn 🌽 for tomorrow’s dinner 
    O/H been pickling Shallots today , some with chilli 🌶 and Rosemary 

  • Had daughter over and sent her home with todays pickings. 50 cherry toms and two cucumbers ( kept two more for myself) She also took a jar of raspberry jam and one of plum jam, plus a dozen eggs . Fresher food here than London and she congratulated me on reducing my carbon footprint growing so much.😁
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Purplerallim and doesn’t it taste better as well 
  • Oh yes! 😁
  • Just finished in the garden checking if everything was ok after the torrential rain last night. Recovered the cabbage/broccoli with netting as it needed more height . Picked 3lb 10oz of Roma toms and a handful of raspberries. Made some more raspberry jam.  The tomatoes and veg soup can wait till tomorrow. 
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