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!I know it’s a nuisance but it’s rather lovely too. Everything looks so different in the snow. I’ve been running around with my camera taking all sorts of snowy pictures – at work, at home and up on the allotment too. I managed to get up to the plot

!I was busy, though, while the snow was lying deep and crisp and even all over the allotment. I spent a couple of happy evenings planning the plot and deciding on my crop rotations for this year. I kept to my New Year resolution and decided to only plant

There’s something wonderfully irrational about clearing snow in order to dig up vegetables. One of our Christmas rituals is to leave the wrapping paper behind and take a walk to the allotment on Christmas day to harvest some parsnips. I don’t know

I love the snow we're having this week, but it does rather put paid to gardening. Harsh weather has made me all the more thankful for my lovely greenhouse - the only thing that's tempting me to the  bottom of the garden at the moment. After I took