Thursday 21 September 2017

The Allotment in September

There are signs that summer is coming to an end, so here's a celebration of the veg patch at it's best before the turn.

Squash Carrots Jerusalem Artichoke and Sweetcorn 
The Jerusalem Artichoke is taller than I can ever remember it. 9 ft.  If it gets windy I will have to chop it down to size even before the frost burns the tops. Nestling behind those leave s in the foreground are some happy looking fruit:

Sharks Fin Melon and Kabocha Squash



Main crop potatoes Rooster being lifted
 It has been a fabulous year for potatoes. Yields have been massive, but wet conditions also mean more pest damage.



Brassica Patch
 Already Cauliflower Cabbage and Kale.  Plenty more to come right up to the Purple Sprouting Broccoli next March.

Fill in Salad patch where the broad beans were

Uniform carrots

The most sensitive crop appears to be the French Beans.  They stole a march on the runners but are not lasting as well.  The runners are just going mad!
Runners (left) v French Beans (right)
I hope your 2017 season has been good too.

Time of the Season



3 comments:

  1. Strangely we have had a good potato crop and our season has been very dry.

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  2. After managing a visit to the plot today we found our runners had been blown over. We've had a good crop though.

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    1. Glad to hear you managed a visit, even if it was a nasty surprise to see the beans battered. Hope events have turned for the better.

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