First Frost

After a bit of a late summer, autumn is definately here, quite a sharp frost last night. The pumpkins (a dozen hooligan) and squashes (a few hybrid saved seed, only one or two true squash are ripening in the greenhouse. The last of the sweencorn (not great this year) is long gone, and the courgette plants are now on the heap along with the beans. The cucumbers have one small one left to go in the greenhouse, all in all excellent and the lesson learned was to stagger planting and plant outside, no need for the greenhouse really! The flyaway carrots are very good, decent sized roots with little damage, same can’t be said for the last nantes to be pulled!

Time to make sure the brassicas are fully protected before the pigeons start getting hungry