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Dave Allan

@boddave.bsky.social

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I live in the Scottish Borders. I write and have run courses and workshops on 🌱gardening🌱 and home composting. I currently have a weekly gardening column in The Herald's Saturday magazine.[The Herald is Scotland's leading broadsheet.] 🇺🇦

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 4h

too utterly true! I got a lot of fun planning and organising events like this, but a more relaxed approach is pretty good!

Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 10h

You too Jett.💋!

Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 11h

It was only a display, with advice and info given by the growers. But impressive!

Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 11h

I went toBorders Organic Gardeners Apple Day yesterday - very interesting and nice to be there as a visiter, not an organser as I had been. Held at W🌱oodside Plant Centee near Jedburgh - on today too.

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 1d

Would it was like this every year Skog, and each apple is so much bigger than normal!

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 1d

Apples, apples, apples! The workshop is stuffed with apples for storing and juicing, so I've had to start using the tool shed. It's the very best apple year I can remember.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 1d

The headline's a tad misleading. I'm looking at the benefits and pitfalls in using leaf blowers for collecting our leaf booty. [For some reason, last week's column wasn't posted - sorry!]
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

'Leaves make the perfect sustainable mulch'

Our leaf harvest has begun. Once finely broken down, leaves make the perfect sustainable mulch, enriching the soil’s structure and making…

www.heraldscotland.com

Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Patrick - I hope all's good. This must be as busy a time in the garden as spring, with all the harvesting and prefer the winter. Have a good day as well as any gardening you're doing!

Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 2d

This short-live perennial wild cabbage is some beast. Last winter killed off much of this one, but life continues! I treat it like kale, adding some of its bitter leaves to a kale dish.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 3d

Some of the late maturing Annie Elizabeth apples were blown off by Storm Amy, but they'll still make good bakers!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Jett - I always knew you had my interest at heart.And to you!😊

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome Autumn!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 5d

A bit late, Jett dear, but happy Monday and Tuesday!😚

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 5d

Autumn fruits!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 6d

Last walk in Switzerland on Sunday - it was a great holiday!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 6d

Returning home just after storm Amy struck, there was some minor damage - a few large branches and saplings down. This oak was the biggest victom.🌱