How time flies. I hadn’t realised how long it had been since my last post. That’s partly because there’s been nothing particularly unusual with the weather during the first part of September and because we’ve been busy harvesting and planting at the allotment.

It’s that time of year when we dig up our maincrop potatoes. They’ve done well this year and we should have enough potatoes to see us through winter. They’ve been sorted and dried and are stored in paper sacks in the garage. We’ve started picking apples although some need a little longer before they’re ready. The same is true for our pears. The ones we’ve picked are now boxed up and stored in the summerhouse. 

We were trying to dry our summer grown onions at the allotment but decided they would have more chance in the cold frame at home. The day after bringing all our summer onions back home our winter onions sets were planted.

With potatoes and onions harvested it now means we have plenty of beds ready for autumn digging. Last year at this time the ground was so dry we couldn’t get any digging done and once it did start to rain in the middle of September it didn’t stop all winter. Hopefully, this year we’ll get our autumn digging done and we’ll be better prepared for spring next year.

The forecast is for some warm weather over the next few days so I’m hoping to get some digging done as well as harvesting our remaining apples and pears.