Leeks

We've had a good leek harvest this year. They're not as long as they should be but for a first attempt I'm really pleased with them. They taste delicious cold in lemon mayonnaise!

Pumpkin

We were given a pumpkin plant by a friend.  We didn't really want it but stuck it into the big mound we have that was the dumping ground from the last tenant.

It grew really well here.

 

Preserving produce

Spent today making pickled cucumber, sweet courgette chutney and transferring the sauerkraut from the terracota pot in is made in.

Broccoli heads

 Broccoli heads but still waiting for the white sprouting broccoli to make an appearance.

Mystery Muncher

Something (or someone because we got a Gold award lol) has eaten one of our cabbages.  It was under cover and the cover was not disturbed.  I've never seen anything eaten so cleanly as if it has been sliced off.

Dahlia - Finally

 Picked up a few dahlia plants from our exchange area at the allotment.  Finally they have flowered.

Home for slow worms and grass snake

 The green compost bins we have been given over the years have proved to be great habitats for grass snakes and slow worms.

Pumpkin!

Another allotmenteer insisted on giving me a pumpkin so I popped it in with the banana squash plants. It is on an old dumping area that we have yet to try to level. The banana squashes and this pumpkin loved it. We have found the remains of garden tools buried in this area it may have been an old compost heap and tool store.

Not really allotment news

I got two white geraniums from Homebase for 50p each.
A few days ago I got a really lovely hen and chicks for £2.
Unfortunately when they sell off their vegetables they are often past reviving.

Today’s shopping from the allotment

Not bad for September. The beans are beginning to decline maybe only a few pickings left.

Blue Banana Squash Harvest

Not a bad harvest from two blue banana squash plants. Now to dry the skins on the underside and store. They store really well for months.

Autumn Show

First time entering the Autumn Show. 

Firsts in cabbage, courgette and three vases of herbs.  Second in chutney with a courgette chutney and second in handicraft with my festival cardigan.

Will enter more classes next year.