Yesterday I harvested French beans, runner beans, onions, spring onions, courgettes, beetroot, cabbage, broccoli and lettuce. The day before I dug my first root of potatoes. The top picture shows the runner bean row with the broccoli in front, and the lower picture shows the French beans and some of the beetroot. All have been virtually pest-free, although both the cabbages and the lettuces show some slug damage on the outer leaves only. Both kinds of beans have been prolific - far too many for us to eat, so I have been freezing a lot, although there is not much room left in the freezer, after our glut of strawberries and other red fruit! Everything has come on much earlier than expected, because of the good weather. We have had temperatures in
the mid twenties by day, and the high teens by night. Last night we had some significant rain, the first for a week. I certainly was not expecting broccoli yet, but it has come on very quickly, and is delicious, not at all like the broccoli that you can buy.
Of course, we don't know how long this good growing weather will continue, but if it's for long, my winter vegetables (leeks, parsnips, purple sprouting broccoli) will be ready next month! (I have already dug a couple of parsnips. They were small, but exceptionally tasty.)
Roll on the autumn show!
