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After weeks of snow, it was necessary to go to the allotment today and try and chisel out some parsnips for Christmas lunch. In fact with a lot of hard work we harvested parsnips, carrots, celeriac, and leeks. The ground was well and truly scarred afterwards ... we need new snow to hide the mud.
Being the shortest time of the year, snow, poor light etc, the photos from a phone are VERY black and white.
We have been covered with snow for much of the week, so no allotmenteering.
Curiosity got the better of me today, so I donned boots, hat, gloves and multi-layers and made the 1.5mile trudge through the snow with the camera.
This is what greets you as you come through the pedestrian gate:
We now know where the one vote for England's world cup bid came from:
The path towards our plot:
Views over our plot:
It was so cold I couldn't get the fork into the ground, so no leeks, carrots or parsnips. I managed to grab one cabbage, but by then my fingers were too cold to attempt to pick sprouts (not that they are worth picking.)
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