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Yields for the year -feed family from allotment

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Totals for the year-feed a family from allotment So November is here and the days are getting shorter and colder, I have just picked my last greenhouse chillis and peppers, its -2 out and my greenhouse was frozen 😂. So I think the time has come to do my yields for the year. This year has been very trying here in Milton Keynes, -7 degrees in March and 33 degrees in the summer. The taps have been frozen up the allotment in the cold weather which is difficult when you have ducks! during the summer it was like the water evaporated within an hour of it hitting the mud. My allotment is a big space to grow on approx 1/7th acre, so its taking a while to make every space count when you are relying on others making your growing beds ( I have neck and back problems so can't make them myself). This year I have only properly used 1/3rd of my allotment space despite this I have had some very good yields. On my allotment I have a shed, summer house(coffee shack) greenhouse and a 6...