The title is misleading as I post this. I never got around to finishing this post but I am thinking about this years seeds so I thought I would post it now before I start trailing through the catlogues for seeds etc.
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Finally I have found the time to catch up with my blog. It has been a pretty good year except for the onions. Last time I wrote we were just starting to get some produce. I am going to list my crops with a brief comment for ease of reference next year when I am planting.
Beans - excellent, should have kept picking after we got back from our holiday.
Beetroot - these were good. Next year we need to keep planting small rows every fortnight.
Butternut Squash -In in total we had 6. All but one a big size and one was green. Fantastic taste
Carrots - Not bad keep planting regularly and water.
Courgettes - Of the two types i think the Nero di Milo were better and more numerous than the other but I think they have thicker skins to prevent slugs having a nibble.
Onions - R kept these well weeded and watered but they have got neck end rot so I am using them as fast as I can to at least freeze some onion-base for sauces later in the year. I wonder if I planted them to deep. I have read that white skinned onions are more prone than gold-skinned. I think I will go back to Turbo from White Prince.
Potatoes [New] - These were good though they had atendency to suddenly cook, and collapse, kept pretty well, used the last ones last week.
Potatoes [Old] - Excellent potatoes, some slug infestation in the ones left in the ground too long, ie last week in September. Great roasted, mashed etc.
Pumpkins - two/three big pumpkins and a couple of smaller ones. I broke of the growing plant to make each plant produce only one or two pumpkins, I read later I should have just knocked off the female flowers! Take care when storing to wait until the stalk has died (hard) this means they are mature and will store for longer.
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