We won’t be the only people commenting on how mild the autumn has been so far.  It has been pretty grey and wet, but the temperatures have held up to a remarkable degree.  This has meant that some plants have kept going for much longer than usual like this Dahlia in the back garden.

Dahlia 11 November

It might be nice to have autumn treats like this, but we’ve also got our fingers crossed for some properly cold winter weather to make sure that plants that should go dormant do and that there is some attrition amongst the various pests that take a fancy to our allotment crops.