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According to the papers it's been the coldest start to December for 30 years - an average of only 1.7° C.The cold weather has hopefully killed a lot of pests, but I've not been able to get on with many of my jobs on the plot. I've not been able

blackthorn tree at the edge of the plot and I've been religiously topping them up since the beginning of the cold snap in December. This has been greatly appreciated by my resident robin, which has lately been almost spherical it had puffed up its feathers so

When I first started growing shallots I did so on the advice of Sam, on our allotment (aged 90 he was still tending his plot twice a day). He told me to plant shallots on the shortest day and harvest them on the longest. I'm a bit more haphazard