Autumnal

Leek chafer

                           Rose chafer beetle on a leek flower.

Last leeks

Winter box

Soupy

For the bees

                      Leeks left to flower are beloved by bees.

Souped up

Unearthed a few potatoes and a beetroot from last season to accompany some leeks and celery in a soup.

Winter greens

Late leeks

These late leek seedlings will need feeding over the coming months to provide food during the winter and perhaps flowering heads for insects next summer.

Leek honey

                          Honey bees love these flowering leeks

Après le déluge

Harvesting the last leeks and the first garlic was made easier after the torrential rain of the last couple of days, which has given the soil a proper soak for the first time in weeks. Some of the garlic seems to have a bit of white rot, so it's inadvisable to grow it in that location again and it'll need drying out and using up quickly.

Sprung Greens

The start of the purple sprouting broccoli season and the last of the leek and kale harvests (apart from a few leeks left to fatten during the coming weeks, or left to flower and seed).

Evergreens

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

Last leeks

Leek and potato

 

Rework the plot

             Rhubarb springs back to life and promises an early crop.

                 Leeks planted last summer are still a bit thin.

Harvesting

Crops

Leeks

Onions

Parsnips

Spinach

Cauliflower

Leeking