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.

Allotment update

For the first time in ages I went to the allotment.It was perfect weather for it.dry not too hot or cold and I got a fair bit done.The old onion patch was dug over and I planted of row of leeks.

On the harvesting front I harvested Green Delicacy kohlrabi,Flyaway carrots,Snowball turnip,Helenor swede,Ishikura spring onions,Greenleaf lettuce and Autumn Bliss raspberries.

The recent weather has finally killed off my tomato patch so I have harvested any that show any sign of colour and pulled the plants up.I have also dug up my Annabel french beans which were finished,I am leaving the runnerbeans for seed.

In the brassica cage I have finally got around to planting some Kale plants,I am sure that the resident whitefly will soon be feasting on them.I have some Falstaff brussel sprouts on the plants,I have also taken lots of munched leaves off.

Update

There was a strange yellow thing in the sky this morning so i spent a couple of hours down the allotment.I weeded the brassica area and tomato areas.

I planted Helenor swede,Snowball turnips,Green and Purple Delicacy kohlrabi,Hilds Blauer Herbst und Winter radishes,Little Gem squash and a couple of Hungarian Zucchini.Needless to say its raining now so they should be well watered in.

I harvested some of my Albigensian Wight garlic,Early Onward peas and some more Pentland Javelins.