Ajo Ajo

Busy harvesting on a dry day... swede, turnip, big sprouts, kale, blueberries (just about all finished), lettuce, curly lettuce, couple of carrots...

Corn growing but cobs still white.  Sunflowers re-propped up after windy week with several flowering round about 10 feet tall.

Prepared garlic bed (half of d2) by raking in 3/4 bag of sharp sand and scattering a bit of blood,fish and bones with rest of sand on surface.  Covered with plastic as don't trust weather forecast that says rain will miss to the east tomorrow.

Random bits of weeding mainly around blueberries/ redcurrants.

Garlic

Bought 2011's garlic bulbs - 3 thermidore bulbs to split up and plant, probably in November.

After this year's bumper crop will have to hunt around to do even better next year, as left them in a bit long and they opened up a bit.  Been checking garlicworld for more tips.

First Frost

First Frost of Autumn last night.

Crop Top

Found out this week that we got 1st prize again... but with a  much worse score than last year.  Suspect there will be a lot more competition next year.

Busy cropping  and eating stuff all month... all IK potatoes out, as are all garlic, cauli's, khol rabi, radish.

Sunflowers growing taller and taller but not flowering yet - struggling in wind - squash putting out plenty of flower buds but none out yet, and sweetcorn finally flowering - but a bit short.

Last couple of nights very cool and with a possible high moving in, likely to continue.