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With the season drawing to a close the main jobs this weekend have been clearing up around the plot. All the beans and most of the tomatoes have come to an end now. Still going strong are the mangetout, courgette, beetroot, kale, brussel sprouts and parsnips with cabbages and PSB to follow over the winter. Up at the shared plot there’s more beetroot and parsnips plus carrots, squash, brussels, savoy and winter cabbages. And there’s plenty of potatoes, onions and shallots in store.
Dwarf green kale.
Purple sprouting broccoli plants are around four foot high and looking healthy despite a whitefly invasion.
In the greenhouse are the last of the peppers with some potted-on strawberry runners, and some onions and shallots drying out.
And I’ve just been offered a half plot at the local village allotments so my expansion plans are now well underway and the drive to veg self-sufficiency almost complete!
Hope you’re all having a good weekend.
