The one that got away

So, Helen went to the allotment to catch up on the courgette picking and found one that must have slipped through the net - weighing in at just shy of 4lb. Quite the humdinger, ol Goliath.

Here it is next to a "regular" courgette - a smidge larger, then!

Long time, no blog

So much time has passed since I last updated, but this really indicates that we're in coasting mode at the allotment. Picking lots of courgettes still, had loads of onions, we're getting three times the amount of french beans we can eat and loads of tomatoes, mostly Gardener's delight (note: these are ace roasted)

Beginning to make some plans on preparing the site for next year, though we have just bought a few spuds to plant for Christmas. Our pumpkin and squash are doing quite well, though the sweetcorn never amounted to anything, and when we lifted the spuds the other day we found that most had been eaten by slugs - little blighters. Ho hum, this happens. Next year will only go with the Lady Christl first earlies which were ace.

Oh, and still getting beetroot, which I think may have to find their way into some chocolate brownies pretty soon :o)