I realize I haven’t done a monthly ‘What’s Growing On’ post for such a long time. Here we are in November, the kitchen garden a very different scene to my post back in March.
Apart from the winter veg, most of the veg beds are tired. Gone are the fresh greens and flower buds of summer, crispy brown foliage and weedy soil greets me now. Our pallet bins produced dark and crumbly compost over many months, I still find this a joyous thing! This fresh compost will soon top each bed as it becomes empty and weed-free, making a nutritious winter blanket.
The summer and tender crops may be over but there’s still plenty of food available in our veg garden.
We’re currently harvesting the following:
- Carrot ‘Autumn King’
- Parsnip ‘Gladiator’
- Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’
- Brussels sprouts ‘Seven Hills’
- Beetroot ‘Boltardy’ and ‘Sanguina’
- Tomato ‘Ruby’ (greenhouse, mostly green fruits now)
- Chillies ‘Hot Orange Wonder’, ‘Cayenne’ and ‘Razzamatazz’ (greenhouse)
- Runner bean ‘The Czar’, planted late July (A recent frost has now stopped the plants)
- Fennel
- Perpetual spinach
- Potatoes
- Alpine strawberries
- Blueberries
- Nasturtium flowers and leaves for salads (the frost survivors!)
We’re planning to plant the following:
- Garlic ‘Red Duke’
- Broad bean ‘Claudia Aquadulce’
We’re patiently waiting to eat the following:
- Sprouting broccoli ‘ Early Purple’
Fruit bushes such as blackcurrants will be pruned now by removing old wood leaving the younger shoots for fruiting next year. I plan to move a couple of young bushes to a permanent position this month.
November is a month of tidying finished crops, weeding, composting and feeding the soil.
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