[DD.]

Infant's.

[arugula]

Of course.

[Paul Plots]

No shoes but:

On my first visit for weeks:-

a bucket full of carrots,
a wheel-barrow full of butternut squash (albeit small ones),
2 lettuce,
5 leeks
and a celeriac (but I've no idea when it should have been harvested)

No gold rings....

[arugula]

and a celeriac (but I've no idea when it should have been harvested)

As soon as they are big enough,which should be by now. You can also leave them in the ground into the colder weather but you might wish to add straw to stop the ground freezing around them ifyou are concerned, although we had them in the ground into a very cold spell a couple of years ago, with no ill effects.

[Paul Plots]

and a celeriac (but I've no idea when it should have been harvested)

As soon as they are big enough,which should be by now. You can also leave them in the ground into the colder weather but you might wish to add straw to stop the ground freezing around them ifyou are concerned, although we had them in the ground into a very cold spell a couple of years ago, with no ill effects.

Thanks for the advice.... I'll leave them there for now. Big tops - small bottoms 

[arugula]

Big tops - small bottoms 

Did you take stalks off from around the shoulders regularly while they were growing? That should help to reverse that growth imbalance situation..

[Paul Plots]

Big tops - small bottoms 

Did you take stalks off from around the shoulders regularly while they were growing? That should help to reverse that growth imbalance situation..

Again... thanks for this tip. I didn't / haven't removed any stalks. I've not grown them before as I dislike the taste - The plants were given to me so I thought I'd give it a go as my OH likes them.

Next trip to the plot I'll do a bit of pruning and wait & see. 

[arugula]

I didn't / haven't removed any stalks. I've not grown them before as I dislike the taste - The plants were given to me so I thought I'd give it a go as my OH likes them.

Next trip to the plot I'll do a bit of pruning and wait & see. 

RHS advice (as they word it far better than I can):

As the plants mature, remove the outer leaves as they fall horizontal, to expose the crown and allow it to develop. Remove side shoots if they appear.

I'm not sure how beneficial this process will be so late in the growing season, but you could try.

[sion01]

Celeriac has become one of the veggies that I use most these days and will grow much more next year,they're so versatile.Roots are great grated raw in a salad or roasted ,boiled.Added bonus that a nice person told me on the cooking thread that I can use them instead of celery in stocks(green leaves that is).I think it's just the look of them that puts people off

[Yana]

A couple of parsnips, leeks, Nero kale, last of the Beetroot.
Still got cues and peppers in the greenhouse and took green and red pepper today.

[AlaninCarlisle]

Leeks, carrots, parsnip and chiogga beetroot

[arugula]

A few trusses of unripe yellow tomatoes, a huge bunch of smallish carrots and some spring onions all from the polytunnel. It is now empty for an overwinter rest, apart from the french bean plant in the corner which is still soldiering on and producing beans, and most of the bed area has had a top dressing of horse manure (avoiding going near the bean).

[snowdrops]

A bucket full of wilja potatoes,only 2 more rows to go(5ft rows) then to get the other bed of potatoes out.

Oh forgot, yesterday I cleared old pepper plants out of the greenhouse & found about 8 or 9 usable green peppers

[arugula]

A row of Ambo potatoes.

[Paul Plots]

A row of Ambo potatoes.

Good to hear people are still harvesting / digging potatoes. I have 1/2 a row of main crop still in the ground.  I've never left any in this late before so next job when I get the chance is to lift them and see.