A rare trip to the allotment saw the following harvest.Early Nantes carrots,Helenor swede,Gladiator parsnips and a rather overgrown Hungarian zucchini.I also dug over some soil ready for Aquadulce broad beans.

The Alium bed has been planted up for next year with Electric Red onions,Senshyu onions,Golden Gourmet shallots,Albigensian Wight and Cristo garlic.
In the garden I have been collecting sacks of leaves for leaf mulch.Last year's has been mixed up and moved and contains lots of worms and is decomposing nicely.

Allotment update

 The first Gladiator parsnip of the season coming in at 17 inches.

 Finally a picture in focus of my Falstaff brussel sprouts

 The Helenor swede is fattening up nicely.

The Marshmello strawberries bed had a bit of a tidy up and trim.
I planted a row of Cristo garlic and 2 short rows of White Lisbon winter hardy spring onions.
The next planting will be Senshyui and Electric Red overwintering onions.

Parsnips

 A nice day saw a trip to the allotment and a bit of digging resulting in a number of Gladiator parsnips.I also dug over a decent bit of soil which the recent rain has made very easy.Two bags of waste for the tip in a general tidy up and a bit of time retrieving a dalek and some plastic cloches that the weather had scattered about.

Hellebore Niger has flowered in the garden which adds a bit of colour.