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After a damp spring and very sunny summer everyone growing fruit is seeing a bumper harvest.  Everyone is busy making preserves, freezing down and finding storage space for the huge crop.  Anyone who has a bit too much can take it along to the food hub at the Duxford Community Centre (visits Thursdays) where it can help out families less able to grow their own.

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Barbecue

Our allotment society summer barbecue was held on Sunday 17th August in lovely summer weather. Annual judging for the allotment trophies led to some fierce competition.  Winners  were:

• ​Best kept allotment - Anna Kiss (plot 50) 

• Best selection of growing crops - Matt Stott & Jen Findlay

• Best novice plot - Julian & Emma Parkhill

• Best show vegetable (tomato) - Matt Stott

• Biodiversity award - Celia Duff

​Congratulations to everyone!

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Rain at last...

Summer has been unusually dry, even for East Anglia, which has meant many crops have been challenging to keep going in our free-draining soil.  Now that some welcome rain has returned, and the weather is cooling down, it's an ideal time to sow some spring onions, which will grow through the winter for an early spring crop.  Hardy winter lettuces, such as Winter Density and Arctic King, are also good to get started now.  Late September will be the time to sow some sweet peas in pots to over-winter and develop into sturdy plants for early summer colour next year.

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