David

[chooklady]

I was just wondering what you are growing through the winter.

 

I have 2 types of cabbage, calabrese and purple sprouting brocoli, some leeks and swede and garlic and onions and a few salsify. I have never grown anything before through the winter but so far so good, everything seems to be doing well. It seems a shame for the ground to be unproductive.

[sjp]

3 types of cabbage sprouts cauliflower, leeks heaverly infested with alium leaf miner 'cause I didn't cover them, swede, parsnips judgeing by the one i've got for dinner today should be a good crop again this year, celariac and winter radish

parsnips need a frost which with any luck they might get tonight

Edited November 8, 2009 by Guest

[Christian]

I have parsnips (first year they worked ) for us and spinach and chard for the hens

[redhotchick]

I have a 1m x 1m raised bed crammed with various brassicas. I meant to transplant them but left it too late There is cabbage, kale, PSB, Calabrese and sprouts.

 

I have a bed of leeks and a bed of garlic, some mizuna, perpetual spinach and normal spinach, pakchoi, a few carrots. I've pulled up my parsnips already. (they were located in an inconvenient spot)

 

I would like to get some onions in to overwinter. Do you think it's too late?

[chooklady]

I'm no expert but I only put mine in about 4 weeks ago, they are starting to grow well.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Some purple sprouting broccoli (which I rescued from caterpillars ) and some leeks (which probably won't grow as they were completely covered by the courgettes ).

[Cinnamon]

Nothing at all, apart from my overwintering Garlic

 

I don't 'do 'winter,so rarely go out gardening....................amything I plant is left to fend for itself until the weather warms up again

 

And this Autumn my greenhouse has come down,& is being replaced,so nothing in there either.

[Saronne]

Cabbage, red kale, cavalo nero (Italian kale), purple sprouting broccoli, white sprouting broccoli, leeks and chard.

 

 

Saronne x

[JustMyCluck]

Garlic here too plus a few left over leeks and a bit of spinach and celery that hasn't been harvested yet.

[Redwing]

garlic, onions, kale, carrots, parsnips, some spuds in the greenhouse along with lettuce and the last of the tomatoes

 

and four different types of cabbages

[Milly]

Purple sprouting broccoli that I sowed in the spring and which is now as tall as me. And some leeks which haven't grown very much but will be ok to eat anyway.

 

And I have some lettuce seeds on the window sill - they are a variety which is supposed to grow in a greenhouse or anywhere covered in the winter. Given the rate they are growing on a warm and sunny(ish) windowsill I reckon I may not be eating them next summer

 

Milly

[bluekarin]

I have a large pot of potaoes (fingers crossed they will be ready for Christmas dinner) and some carrots in a large pot too. They are an experiment to see how well they cope with cold and wet weather. They are about 3" tall but are much slower growing than in the summer. I was growing some parsnips, but they had to come up as the chickens had to have a dust bath in them and the onions

[Peter S]

Cauliflower, Romanesco cauliflower, spring cabbage, round cabbage and kohl rabi all planted in July and doing well - have already harvested several kohl rabi, a round cabbage and a cauli.

 

Some other cauliflower, PSB, calabrese and cabbage planted in September are doing well and should be ready for spring.

 

Have a few Jerusalem artichoke plants still growing (just), and also some borlotti beans trying to catch the last few rays of sun to finish ripening.

 

Cavalo Nero kale is doing very well, and will last for some months yet. The perpetual spinach and the various chards look to be on their last legs,and will probably be gone by the end of the year.

 

The fennel is looking great and the stems are starting to swell. Leeks, on the other hand, are taking ages!

 

Still have some beetroot iand a few turnips in the ground, but not much.

 

Have also planted up some autumn onions, garlics and shallots, all of which are growing at a steady rate.

 

Strangely, my allotment still seems to be full of veg, yet the ones around me are empty!

 

Peter

[Valkyrie]

I'm about to find the biggest bulbs on our garlic and plant them soon in the hope that next year we will get even bigger bulbs.

[TAJ]

For current harvesting we have cabbage, sprouts, curly kale, parsnips on the allotment. Plus a few late planted pots for Christmas new pots. We also have over winter onions, garlic & broad beans in the ground for early next year. Obviously we are still using from the stores sacks of potatoes, freezer full of french beans and sweetcorn and loads of frozen soft fruit. All the jams, chutneys and pickled fruit and veg are great reminders of what you have grown over the summer.

 

Did I ever mention on here the 43lbs (without stalks) of red wine grapes we had this year? We usually only get about half this - it looks as though we will end up with 50 bottles of homebrew red wine (it tastes as good as basic shop bought stuff) a normal year is about 24 bottles.

 

Tracy