John's Allotment

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  1. Lolimac

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    Kelseas looking good John and the potatoes:dbgrtmb:....

    There's certainly not enough hours in the day is there:rolleyespink:
     
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      You have done plenty so far in so little time John, good work

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        I hadn't realised raspberries started this early, there appears to be two different types?
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          I think the top one is a blackberry/loganberry cross John. I find it a bit hard and not that sweet but it's good for jams and fruit pies I think,
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            Thanks Jenny :blue thumb:
             
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            Huge transformations in your allotment JWK and beginning to literally "bear fruit"! well done. Wish my onions wee looking as good as yours. Mine are about the size of silver skins and NO they are not that variety:mad:.
             
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              Wow! Thats amazing @JWK
              How is it going now?
               
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                Been down there today, got my Leeks planted. Now all the beds are full.
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                Even got some flowers:
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                I'm training the Pumpkin around the bed:
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                Got a small fruit starting to well:
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                Onions are OK ish, not as good as I'm growing at home, I think the soil at the allotment needs a lot of compost added over the winter to get it back to good condition:
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                Soft fruit has been very productive, we've had loads of raspberries, now the blackberries are starting, I can't keep up:
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                  Nice one John! Looking good.
                   
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                    What a beautiful spread John. All your hard work is paying off and your harvests will hold you in good stead over the Winter,
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                      Looking fantastic. Well done in such a short space of time :)
                       
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                        Pulled all the onions from sets, a reasonable yield:
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                          ... and more blackberries picked this evening:
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                            Careful John, you know what they say, eat too many and you'll look like one...
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                              Too late Freddy, I already look like that :)

                              Picked the first of the Gladioli:
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