Despite the crazy weather there has been plenty of produce on most of the plots to harvest – strangely, many allotment holders do not seem to be actually gathering their home-grown food. One lady volunteers
Despite the crazy weather there has been plenty of produce on most of the plots to harvest – strangely, many allotment holders do not seem to be actually gathering their home-grown food. One lady volunteers at the local food bank so I did suggest on the whatsapp group that other people would be very glad of fresh fruit and vegetables…hopefully some did .
After so much hard work and such terrible weather, it is fabulous to have lots of produce to enjoy and flowers to brighten home on those many rainy days!
I have dried and frozen lots of herbs and we shared the apple from the bigger tree…plenty of raspberries, although my toddler granddaughter gets most of them!
The abundance of courgettes continues, as well as more chard than anyone could use – hoping the freezing in chunks like rhubarb works. We finally had a few runner beans and are looking forward to the leeks, beetroot and squashes that are growing well.
Our latest attempt to encourage wildlife to our plot, we have started work on two mini ponds from bowls sunk in the ground – as the month ended with some huge downpours, they are now full of rainwater and we can start putting in some aquatic plants and leave over winter to settle with a hope for plenty of visitors next Spring.
At least the wet days give time to pore over books and online resources to plan for over-wintering and next year’s planting ideas – plenty of tidying up and digging over to do as each of out sections finish this year – I have cut down and collected seeds from the wildflower border and am looking forward to some dry days to do some more re-organising.