January Snow

These photos are a few weeks late,and were taken by a fellow plot-holder for me, but here is 54 in this January's snow.

More snow... and potatoes

On Thursday there was yet more snow: quite a lot of it, which put pay to the planned day on the allotment for Friday. I've just looked at MetCheck, which gives a loner range forecast, and there looks like little let up for another two or three weeks. This means my planned preparation has gone out of the window.

Meanwhile I have sown a few things in doors:

• A few more broadbeans, as replacements for those lost since November, in peat pots
• African Marigolds
• Hollyhocks
• A few peas ("Twinkle")
• Three sorts of pepper (free on the cover of KG Magazine)
• Cabbage (F1 Tundra)
• Basil

I might walk round to the plot later, just to see how deep the snow still is. There was a big thaw yesterday, but a deep frost last night.

Here we are, I walked round in 25 minutes and took a series of photos to make a panorama:

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Whilst there, I found that the seed potato orders had arrived and at the allotment hut, so for £5.00 I now have the following chitting at home (I also have longer arms from carrying them home on foot):

• Javelin 7lb (Early)
• Kestrel 3lb (Second Early)
• Romano 3lb (Main)