After a very successful year on the allotment we are starting to plant seeds for early germination. We put onions, shallots and garlic in end of November and were still lifting veg the week before Christmas with romanesco, beetroot, red cabbage and leeks, as well as new potatoes we planted in September for Christmas day lunch.
Four chilli varieties, 3 aubergine and a couple of sweet pepper as they all have a long season will be down over tge next week or so, we have winter cabbage and pak choi in the polytunnel. The apple and pear trees will have a light prune as they are now how I want them, we've put in a double graft plum tree a couple of months back, seed potatoes are ordered, we have most of our seeds so we won't need anything extra.

Our allotment has provided fresh food for 8 months of the year we are aiming for 10 months eventually but we also had so much stuff we made almost 200 jars of chutneys, jams and pickles, and gave a couple of crates of veg and fruit to the local foodbank.

The weather was exceptionally warm which did affect some growth but if we got the same again I wouldn't complain. So here's hoping for another good year of fresh organic produce if we get anywhere near the amount of produce as this past year I'll be ecstatic .