Monthly Archive: October 2009

Autumn 2009

It seems that September has gone by without a mention on my weblog. It was a warm dry month and lots of time was spent in the garden at home. As far as the allotments go we visited to harvest tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage and did some weeding and tidying but not enough time was spent there I’m afraid.

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It is now one week into October and the weather is still mild with some sunshine and so far not much rain. The pumpkins have suffered from the lack of water and aren’t so good this year. The butternut squash is almost non existant unfortunately so that is disappointing. The runner beans were prolific but also not as good as last year because of the lack of rain.

We have blown our savings and bought a car. Not a new one, a 2002 registrationĀ Jaguar, but have kept the Rover so I will have my own transport and we can also use the old one for allotment visits.

 

At six weeks old the runner ducks have grown at a terrific pace and now stand well above all the others in the garden. They are lovely creatures, very shy and quiet. All the ducks are now living together in one shed. The old gardening shed that I cleaned out, treated andĀ adapted for them. I am looking forward to seeing the first egg from the new girls.