How
time flies. I hadn’t realised how long it had been since my last post. That’s
partly because there’s been nothing particularly unusual with the weather
during the first part of September and because we’ve been busy harvesting and
planting at the allotment.
It’s
that time of year when we dig up our maincrop potatoes. They’ve done well this
year and we should have enough potatoes to see us through winter. They’ve been
sorted and dried and are stored in paper sacks in the garage. We’ve started
picking apples although some need a little longer before they’re ready. The
same is true for our pears. The ones we’ve picked are now boxed up and stored
in the summerhouse.
We
were trying to dry our summer grown onions at the allotment but decided they
would have more chance in the cold frame at home. The day after bringing all
our summer onions back home our winter onions sets were planted.
With
potatoes and onions harvested it now means we have plenty of beds ready for
autumn digging. Last year at this time the ground was so dry we couldn’t get
any digging done and once it did start to rain in the middle of September it
didn’t stop all winter. Hopefully, this year we’ll get our autumn digging done
and we’ll be better prepared for spring next year.
The
forecast is for some warm weather over the next few days so I’m hoping to get
some digging done as well as harvesting our remaining apples and pears.
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Do I spy some Roosters? Nice onion crop too. I have had mixed fortunes on that front thanks to the damp conditions.
ReplyDeleteThe red potatoes are Rudolph. Haven't previously done very well with red potatoes but Rudolph have done really well. We had two beds of onions, one did really well and the other bed was a waste of time the sets never made any effort to grow. They were all from the same bag of sets. Gardening never ceases to amaze me.
DeleteSo pleased to read about your harvest. So positive.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a very strange year but we've had a good year at the allotment. The good crops have more than made up for the failures.
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