I’ve been slacking in the blogging front but have been just about keeping up with the plot itself. I can’t believe how fast the weeds pop up during the summer though, especially with all the rain we’ve had.
Anyway, as it’s now officially autumn, here’s a quick summary of what’s worked and what hasn’t so far this year
Successes:
Broad beans – sown in November, these gave an early crop
Beetroot – a big success, so easy to grow
Asparagus – thanks to the previous plot holder for this
Rainbow chard – rampant and colourful
Runner beans – these are past their best now but the five plants I sowed could have fed the whole street
Dwarf French beans – tricky to germinate – I only got three plants – but I’ve been surprised at the large crop
Kale – huge and pretty although I’m not keen on the taste
Purple sprouting broccoli – needs a huge amount of space but have been trouble free and delicious
Tomatoes – red, yellow and chocolate colours are all cropping now and are much more tasty than shop-bought
Blueberries – from my Poundland bush and one smaller one bought online. Lots of berries for breakfast pancakes.
Radishes – quick and easy.
Failures:
Garlic – after a promising start, most of mine suffered from mould and I only got one full sized bulb
Carrots – I sowed a couple of rows which seemed to be doing ok before promptly disappearing.
A mixed bag:
Mange tout – I expected a larger crop from these but what I got was very nice.
Blackberries – the plot has problems with out of control brambles but at least I have enough blackberries to make jam to see us through the winter.
Parsnips: these are notorious for being hard to germinate and I only have a few seedlings. Will report back on how they do.