With storms
forecasted I decided to dig up the last of the potatoes on the plot.
I didn't want the ground to get drenched and the potatoes to go
rotten. While I was digging them up one of my plot neighbours asked
if we had had a good crop this year. He told me his potatoes had been
a disaster as the slugs had eaten most of them and he had only
managed to get about five potatoes. I've not sure what we have ever
done differently but maybe he planted a variety that the slugs
particularly enjoy.
We've had
the pick of the pears this month. Last year the yield wasn't as good
and the pears had a strange coating on them. This year they look
perfect but I'm not sure what we are going to do with all of them!
When we pick
raspberries in the summer we get enough on a regular basis to eat as
a pudding or to put some in a cake. The best time for picking comes
in the autumn. The mixture of summer sun and early autumn rain have
meant the raspberries swell up and are plump and sweet. This weekend
we experienced something only raspberry growers can – the luxury of
a raspberry crumble!
This has
been the year of courgettes. We won't be planting quite so many next
year but we have been richly rewarded this year. The only problem we
have is to pick them before they grow into marrows!
Our treat at
the moment is eating corn on the cob. There's nothing like the taste
of sweetcorn picked and eaten within the hour. It just needs boiling
quickly and serving straight up as it is.
Our onions
have finally been lifted and are drying out in the greenhouse. We
don't have a drying rack but have utilised what we have found in our
shed which was left by the previous tenant. There's two upturned
bottle crates, a blue plastic delivery tray and an old wire basket!
I haven't
been to the allotment since the storm but it seems we got rain rather
wind. I'm presuming the shed and greenhouse are still on our plot!
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