Monthly Archives: October 2016

October 2016 Growing Update

Curcubit Smiley Face

An October curcubit harvest - courgettes that grew to marrows, a patty pan and a ball courgette.

October is always a fun month for us. We are still harvesting crops, and we are now also planting new ones for next year. This month we’ve sown some peas and broad beans in pots, which we will move to their final positions at the allotment once we have harvested enough carrots to make space for them. These pea and bean plants will then give us a bit of a head start for next spring. Although they won’t grow much in the short cold days of winter, when the conditions improve, they will already be established plants and should start…

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A Boy And His Patty Pans

Homegrown patty pans

The first instalment of this year's patty pans from the allotment.

Back in the late spring when we were busy sowing seeds I asked my son what he would like to grow this year. He clearly had something in mind, but he couldn’t remember what it was called. A few image searches online later and he excitedly confirmed what he was trying to describe: a patty pan. So he sowed a patty pan seed and it germinated very quickly. He asked to water it, and frequently asked for updates on his patty pan. Unfortunately back in June high winds snapped the young patty pan plant. We decided not to tell our…

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