Sun 1 Nov 2009
Weather : Wet and windy overnight. Sunny later.
Progress : No work today as we have family visiting.

Mon 2 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells
Progress : A brief visit in the late afternoon. Gathered enough Carrots for the next few days. Some of them are spronkled. Also am getting some decent Swedes this year. Noticed the female Pheasant on the allotment today for the second time.

Tue 3 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells. Getting colder.
Progress : No work today as we already have enough veg in store.

Wed 4 Nov 2009
Weather : Wet with sunny spells. Getting even colder.
Progress : No work today as we still have enough veg in store.

Thu 5 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells and showers.
Progress : Delivered ½ dozen bags of fresh horse dung. Took a good harvest, enough for us for several days plus similar amounts for our son and his family. Many of the Carrots have been affected by Carrot fly.

Fri 6 Nov 2009
Weather : Wet afternoon.
Progress : A quick dash down in the wet and dark to get some essentials for dinner.

Sat 7 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells.
Progress : Cleared the self-sown Nasturiums from plot 2b to clear a space for a temporary stack of material for composting once the enclosures have been emptied this winter.. There will be a huge crop of them next year judging by the seed pods that have been left, however, they are particularly attractive. Gathered some veg for dinner including a bunch of Carrots that were sown too thickly.

Sun 8 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells
Progress : Pottered along to gather some veg. Started to pull out the old Cabbage plants from plot 2d to clear it ready for dunging but changed my mind as there were quite a few new heads growing. These produce good and tender spring greens which are welcome at this time of year. Spread some of the Nasturtium seeds on the bank along the edge of the allotments.

Mon 9 Nov 2009
Weather : Mostly overcast.
Progress : Just gathered some cabbage for dinner. Chatted briefly with my neighbouring allotmenteer who was just finishing his winter tidy-up as he is off to Australia for a couple of months.

Tue 10 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells
Progress : Delivered some fresh horse dung. Did a bit of tyding up.

Wed 11 Nov 2009
Weather : Wet
Progress : No work today.

Thu 12 Nov 2009
Weather : Showers
Progress : Short trip to get some veg.

Fri 13 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells, wet later.
Progress : No work today.

Sat 14 Nov 2009
Weather : Very wet and windy start.Sunny spells later
Progress : No work today. Was given an excellent gardening book for my birthday - Haynes Home-Grown Vegetable Manual. Also got some vouchers for Marshalls from whom I buy my seeds.

Sun 15 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells
Progress : Moved the pallets to clear the area for dung dressing. Gathered enough veg for a couple of days including another strange carrot.

Mon 16 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny
Progress : Erected a temporary compost enclosure on plot 2c using some of the pallets that I had acquired earlier in the year. Started to fill it with a bag of leaves from home.

Tue 17 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells
Progress : Mowed the grass paths. Built up the levels of the grass access track where it had dropped, using spare soil from the bank.

Wed 18 Nov 2009
Weather : Cloudy
Progress : Delivered some more fresh horse dung also a couple more bags of garden leaves. Used the hand cultivator on part of plot 2d then spread fresh horse dung to overwinter. Took a picking of veg for our son's family.

Thu 19 Nov 2009
Weather : Mostly sunny
Progress : Made two deliveries of fresh horse dung. Stopped just long enough to pick veg for two days.

Fri 20 Nov 2009
Weather : Variable
Progress : No work today.

Sat 21 Nov 2009
Weather : Wet
Progress : Just a brief visit for some Spinach..

Sun 22 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells and showers
Progress :

Mon 23 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny spells and showers
Progress :

Tue 24 Nov 2009
Weather : Heavy rain
Progress :

Wed 25 Nov 2009
Weather : Heavy squally showers
Progress : Made a picking for uorselves and also our sons family which included the first of the Brussels Sprouts.

Thu 26 Nov 2009
Weather : Nice day
Progress : Delivered a dozen bags of fresh horse dung.

Fri 27 Nov 2009
Weather : Fair start then wet later
Progress : Looking after grandson today

Sat 28 Nov 2009
Weather : Sunny start, squally rain later
Progress : Demolishing the conservatory at home today.

Sun 29 Nov 2009
Weather : Heavy frequent showers
Progress : A quick dash for Sprouts, Carrots and Beetroot for Sunday lunch

Mon 30 Nov 2009
Weather : Wet start. Colder
Progress : No work today