Sunday and Monday were both very mild for the end of October with the temperature reaching 18.4°C on Monday afternoon. It was a little bit disappointing that we didn't have any sunshine to go with the mild weather.
My first blog post was written on the 27 October 2009 so its now five years old. I thought it might be interesting to compare the photos on my blog in late October 2009 with the plot today.
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| 30 October 2009 |
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| 27 October 2014 |
There’s not been a great deal of change in this part of the plot. These beds are treated to normal good practice crop rotation. The hazel trees by the car are larger today but one of these is due to be coppiced this winter to provide us with some good home grown supports for our sweet peas next year.
The next photos show some real changes to the plot over 5 years.
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| 30 October 2009 |
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| 27 October 2014 |
The development of this part of the plot was just getting under way in 2009. That newly dug over bed in 2009 is now planted up with three pear trees and our quince tree blocks the view of the back of the shed. Our grape vine hadn't been planted very long and although this now covers one side of the shed we are still waiting to eat our first bunch of grapes.
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| 30 October 2009 |
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| 27 October 2014 |
It’s a reminder of how things move on. The raspberry canes growing on the far left of the picture in 2009 died off and new canes were planted in a different part of the plot. The large rectangular bed became our strawberry patch and this is now going to be replaced as the strawberry plants come to the end of their productive life. They will be left in place for one more summer until our new bed is established. The two cardoon plants have been moved to make way for our quince tree and cobnut tree both of which produced some excellent crops this year.
I've noticed that there looked to be a lot more leaves left on the trees in 2009. The plum trees and hawthorn by the greenhouse are now leafless and ready for winter.
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Well done on five years of blogging, I hope there are many more to come. It's lovely to see the older photos side by side with the recent ones and see the changes. You've created such productive plots.
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ.
DeleteThe first thing I notice is the sheer size of your beds and the plot as a whole wonderful
ReplyDeleteI notice how big they are when it gets round to autumn and winter digging.
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