The leeks and rocket (back left) are good and the runner beans have taken off. Hard to see but the chard is also doing well. The next photo shows this more clearly (rocket to the left).
However a closer look at the first photo also shows that the lettuce, which were between the leeks and the carrots, has been eaten, and in the front centre square only a few of the last batch of carrots have survived.
But, the rocket is good and no attacks from the flea beetle this time and the carrots have benefited from a thinning back in August. The photo below gives an idea of what I can still harvest. Note that the carrot on the right came from a row in another place on the allotment, which did have a good thinning much earlier in the season. Spot the difference!
Whilst the runner beans are now climbing, and getting some watering and blood-fish-bone treatment, it is unlikely that they will produce many beans unless we have a long Indian Summer and the bees return to pollinate. Wait and see.
During the next week or so I’ll dig the pink fir potatoes and lift the remaining beetroot, and keep ‘thinning‘the carrots. That will leave 4 vacant squares. Would anyone like to suggest vegetables I can plant in them at this time of the year for overwintering?
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