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Busy times. Suddenly there’s a month of work and photos to show, with ample proof of the arrival of spring.
The last post ended with Jerusalem artichokes going into the ground. One has made its first appearance out of it, photo taken on 18 April:

The rhubarb on 29 March, in a bed infested with couch grass:

…and [...]

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So much of this year’s fruit crop has disappeared in the interval between it being almost ripe and my next visit to the plot that I decided to act promptly today. I brought all of the Victoria plums home, a few loganberries (which could have done with another day or two) and a couple of [...]

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Last weekend I dug up the first Charlotte potatoes. The picture doesn’t show it, but their flesh is more yellow than shop-bought Charlottes and they have an entirely different texture, making for a heftier mouthful than I expected. They are delicious. Here are some, with spring onions and herbs alongside:

The courgettes are late this year. [...]

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I dug up yet more King Edwards on Sunday and wonder how many are still in there, since the bed will soon be needed for something else. Their tendency to disintegrate when boiled seems lessened by our unintentional ‘overwintering’. I traded some with a friend for a piece of Scottish smoked haddock and heard later [...]

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This is the first week I’ve given the allotment any serious thought since the late autumn, sitting down to make a crop rotation plan and a list of tasks to accomplish before spring sets in (to follow in a later post).
Just as I was planning which potato varieties to order for this season (with suggestions [...]

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