Autumn on the plot

A beautiful autumn morning today - blue skies and fluffy clouds. I wrapped up in winter woollies and jacket to go down to the allotment, but soon ditched the jacket as the sun rose higher and I did some serious digging. Weeds have an amazing ability, as we all know, to grow the minute our backs are turned, but plenty hit the compost heap this morning!

 

 

I also picked the last of the beans and took down the canes, keeping to one side some beans that had yellowed.

 

 

 

 

I have heard that you can keep the beans to plant next year, but my question is this - what do I do next with them and are they as reliable as a packet of shop bought seeds?

 

 

On other areas of the plot, the butternut squash are looking good. I counted about 15 from 3 plants. The 2 plants in the ground seem to have done better than the one in the raised bed.

 

 

 

I am hoping that a little more autumn sunshine and they will be ready to pick and store.

 

 

 

The yellow courgettes keep coming -

 

 

and the strawberries seem to have settled into their new beds-

 

 

 

 

 

Happy gardening everyone!