Clearing space for the garlic today, I discovered that I'd actually managed to grow some carrots to maturity. Scarcely a harvest with about six carrots and not all of those terribly large, but compared to last year this is a bonanza. I'd noticed the carrot tops but assumed that they'd have been pre-enjoyed when I came to lift them.
I've sown Garlic "Messidrome" this year, a French, softneck variety. It has gone into Bed 1, the Bed of Doom - nothing much has flourished there this spring and summer apart from self-seeded dill. I pulled out lots of weeds and added most of a bag of compost, so hopefully the garlic will be happy there. Last year it did fairly well in an ill-prepared bed full of stones, so I'm not excessively worried.
The broccoli made it through the first ground frost last week, as did a couple of the winter purslane and rocket plants, but the nasturtiums - which were still covered in lovely flowers last weekend - looked like washed-up seaweed today, and had to come out. I pruned the summer-fruiting raspberries and finished staking them, before having a general tidy-up and filling my new incinerator basket ready for a fire soon. Next week I plan to prune the elder tree as part of the preparations for the shed, and start sowing the broad beans.
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