September

September certainly brought some much needed sunshine and warmth which in turn finally brought me some amazing tomato harvests! Not just a handful but great big bowl fulls 😍 I’ve got so many new varieties this year which I’m really looking forward to trying.

Towards the end of august my potatoes were starting to show signs of blight so the first week of September I decided to lift them all while we had our hot spell. Usually I wouldn’t lift my main crop potatoes until end of September earliest but this year has been very different.

I lifted an amazing haul of potatoes. So many shapes and sizes including one that looks like Mickey Mouse!

I also lifted all my onions and got them into the greenhouse to dry. Not a great haul from the onions, most quite small and some with rot sadly. But still a good amount and they taste amazing, even the red onions have a real rich, strong flavour to them 👌

Mid month we had a super exciting trip! All the RocketGro team met up at the RocketGro farm in Somerset and it was truly wonderful seeing where all that amazing compost is made! The process from start to finish was eye opening, its certainly not an overnight job and I’m so pleased I got to see it all in action!

This trip was also where I got to meet the lovely Kirsty from @mylittleallotment who I’ve been following on Instagram for ever! A true friendship is blossoming from that RocketGro compost 🥰

I was also lucky enough to attend the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at Newby Hall & Gardens this month and it was just wonderful! Of course the show veg caught my eye straight away. I’ve never seen such perfect, uniform veg before 😲

And then there’s the giant veg which is always rather ugly but certainly makes you laugh. I might try my hand at some show veg next year, it certainly looks fun!

This month has been all about harvesting! I’ve ignored the weeds and the mess on the plot, I’ve got all winter to deal with that. The harvests have been amazing and really kept me going this month 💚