Evergreens

Plenty of fresh veg still around, though running out of onions as the first leeks begin to mature.

Rack 'em up

Ideally, the onion harvest should last into the winter, but this year's crop isn't large enough and unless they're stored well they can rot. Enough for the next few weeks though and a lot more flavour than those in the shops.

Allium cepa

Producing

Onion low

A paltry crop of onions this year, grown from sets that didn't get enough and then got too much water. At least no sign of white rot, which I've had in previous years when there have been bumper crops but instead of being self sufficient until mid winter, this lot won't last a couple of months.

Red Green & Gold

Red Onions

Harvested half of the red onions. Didn't have any problem with slugs - unlike my friend in Stroud - although some failed to swell to more than twice the size of the original sets. Don't know whether it was patchy soil fertility or dodgy sets.

Back to the land

Today's harvest :

Baby Carrots
Beetroot
Celery
Chard
Cucumber
Kale
Raspberries
Runner beans
Spinach
Sunflower heads
Sweetcorn





Cleared away some peas and beans & planted 50 red onion sets.

Red Onions 2

I've lifted most of the red onions now & taken them home for final drying & storage. Perhaps I could have left them longer & they might have swelled in the rain due next week, but they were just as likely to get nicked if I left them lying around at the allotment.

Red Onions

The red onions - and Japanese ones - just keep on swelling. The foliage is only just starting to die back and I've bent over the stems on half of them but haven't lifted any yet. The tops are pretty crunchy and make your eyes water, but sliced up thinly, are great in salads and sarnies ; )