In the mean time I've been popping along every now and then which has been quite nice to see the season take hold.
Pretty much everything in the shed-come-greenhouse has been harvested- but for some reason everything seems to have decided to have a second flourish which I wasn't expecting! I've not got another cucumber in the making- and a lot of flowers on the plant waiting for their turn. I've also got a second flush of jalapeño flowers & my aubergine plant has even decided to sprout a fair few flowers with some little aubergines appearing. Not what I was expecting at all but it must mean the shed-come-greenhouse has been a good & useful creation of I have draw out the growing season so much! Hopefully I'll be able to start really early next spring too!
My butternut squash unfortunately hasn't really become anything! I had these two, and that was it! (The snails demolished the ones in the ground from the roots up) but then my husband ended up snapping off one of these two by accident- so now there's only one left! And it's not really doing that much to be honest so they haven't been a success.
The carrots have been quite good, especially considering we just scattered random seeds into the thick clay soil. I'm quite impressed they didn't all come out looking like strange hands- and the lovely thick green tops have been very much appreciated by our bunny!
Today I came across these pumpkins- unfortunately not on my plot! But it's made me realise (due to how unbelievably cute they are!) that I want to grow munchkin pumpkins next year!
These two photos were taken earlier today at about 5pm (it's rather dark already!!- and the clocks haven't even gone back yet!) but as you can see- we have clearly given up on it for the season.
We did make a point of pulling the taupawlin back that's been lying over the ground for months- we were worried frogs would start hibernating underneath it so wanted to take it up before that happens- luckily we were there in time! The frogs are still having a bit of a chill out around the pond which is still lovely to see- so I'm definitely expecting (and hoping) for frogspawn next spring.
We also spent some time today removing the dead leaves from the bottom of the sprout plants (they have been a success!- we've harvested some already and they're delicious- and still plenty to go!) We also harvested the last of the carrots so now that area is ready to cover for raised beds to begin at some point.
My bird feeder has been a perfect addition- meal worms are the definite favourite as you'd imagine- there's a hedge row that lies on 2 sides of my plot and plenty birds sit in there watching the food get put out. So I'm glad I put that in place. Perfect timing for the winter months! I'll just have to remember to keep going along to fill it up!
Need to stock up on bird food now!
