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This above all; to thine own self be true. 
William Shakespeare

There is peace of mind in a garden

The calmness and satisfaction gained from Natural  Growth

Autumn FRUITING ~ 26TH SEPTEMBER 2015

27/9/2015

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  • SUNRISE TODAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2015
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"SUNRISE" ~ Image Copyright John and Margaret
​  The weather up until now has been glorious growing weather, plenty of rain with intermittent sunshine has brought the crops to fruition.
 Harvest time on the allotment is now in full swing and we cannot consume the produce that I am bringing home on a daily basis. We have had a brilliant year for Courgettes, Beans, and     Tomatoes, and the soft fruit crop has been incredibly prolific.
   Margaret froze some Strawberries, Gooseberries and Blueberries as they arrived and we are now blessed with masses of Raspberries and Blackberries. I had the best crop of Asparagus spears that I have ever had. I have three different varieties of potatoes stored in my shed and the Cabbages and Brassicas are looking very healthy. 
     The only fly in the ointment are my Onions, some of the larger ones seem to be suffering from a disease called neck-rot and I have had to throw a few on the compost heap. My neighbour Tony has the same problem and has come up with a couple of tips that might stop this from happening next year. 
(1) ~ Do not feed your Onions after July 1st.
(2) ~ Do not allow the onions to get wet while they are in store.
   The green manure seeds I bought on the net have grown very well and I am now in the process of digging the plants in before they flower and go to seed.
   Sadly it has also been a very good year for weed growth and I have my work cut out trying to control them at the moment. I will eventually clear them out as usual.
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"Onions" ~ Image © Copyright John and Margaret
   Working in the garden at home in the afternoon, I spotted this spider sitting on a perfectly formed web, just waiting for a meal to fly in. There a lot of this variety of Spiders around at this time of the year.
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"Spider Web" © Copyright John and Margaret.
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Late Summer work ~ 13th SEPTEMBER 2015

14/9/2015

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  Today was certainly a very packed gardening day, I started work on the allotment at 6.30am. My determination was in full swing as I had decided to finally get the last of my leek seedlings into the bed I had prepared some time ago. I had to give the soil a good hoeing before I started, as the soil was covered in very small baby weeds that seem to have sprung up from nowhere. I made a lot of four inch deep holes in rows all over the bed, then I  placed a single leek seedling in the middle of each hole. I then filled up the holes with water from a watering-can, in the time-honoured fashion, this draws the soil gently around the plant and leaves room for the plant to swell.
 In the afternoon I got to grips with our garden at home, I mowed the two lawns and trimmed a tree in the front garden, then I picked some blueberries and tomatoes. 
  I then spent the rest of the afternoon feeding all the plants in pots and watering the blueberry bushes, these are nearly all finished fruiting now and one or two of them are actually turning a rich autumnal red. Winter is coming!
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    John~~Battling with the elements, pests and diseases in my struggle to keep the garden growing. A constant  daily struggle that will be recorded here.

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    Gardening is such a delightful pastime. I spend time on my allotment almost every day of my life, and the sensation of pure satisfaction never ceases to amaze me. I get so much out of this pleasure, I think the benefits are so huge that the government should legislate and make it more available to everyone. I will list just some of the obvious reasons here. ~~
    1) Fresh fruit and vegetables and other produce. 
    2) Fresh air and an intense feeling of getting close to Nature. 
    3) Healthy exercise without the necessity of machines that are found inside a gym. 
    4) The satisfaction obtained by growing plants and watching and caring for them through to maturity. 
    5) A regular occupation that you can make into a routine, somewhere to go to at a certain time every day. 
    6) The companionship of like-minded people, with whom you can get ideas and swap tips on your mutual interests.

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