Still Harvesting in November

[Samurailord]

I was on my plot again today, and I was pleasantly surprised to be able to bring home quite a large haul of produce, despite there having been a few frosts here recently.

I managed to pick a large handful of lettuce leaves and some Rainbow Chard.



I also got a huge pile of spinach leaves.

[Samurailord]

There were also some radish and purple topped turnips as well.

Looking around our small allotment, quite a few of the other plot holders seem to be settling in for winter, with very little still growing.

I just wondered what everyone else is still harvesting, or planning to harvest?

Andy

[Vince G]

Also got a small patch of perpetual spinach left - need to get to that before the frost does! A couple of butternut which need to be picked but you can still see the stripes so they're not quite ripe yet. Tons of carrots left too. Last tomato plant came out of the poly today, still got peppers and chillis in there though - by way of an experiment I'm leaving them in there to see how long they live.

[chris]

I'll be harvesting my oca in a few weeks - still waiting for a hard frost to knock down the foliage!

I had some beans yesterday

[alldigging]

I've got cabbage, purple sprouting, Perpetual spinach, beetroot still to be harvested, parsnips, mizuna, lettuces, celeriac, kohl rabi. And quite a few leeks.

I've got tons of salad stuff in the greenhouse although thats not on the allotment.
I've put in shallots, garlic and have broad beans at the ready to go in.

It does interest me that people think there's nothing they can grow over winter... The leeks and winter cabbagey stuff stand out as really obvious - but not many people are growing leeks even.

[StephenH]

I'm harvesting Swiss Chard and salad leaves, and my brussels sprouts will hopefully be ready by Christmas. In previous years, I'd've been starting to harvest parsnips as well, but didn't grow them this year. I will again next year. I had hoped to have winter lettuce as well, but after thinning out the row, all the ones I left behind died!

[Alison]

On Saturday I harvested the last of the chillies, sweet peppers and toms from the tunnel as well as some chard, turnips and carrots. Still growing / sitting are loads of cabbages, spring caulis, kale, leeks, PSB, carrots, parsnips, swede and probably a load of other things I've forgotten.

[PyreneesPlot]

I still have chard and perpetual spinach growing, it'll get picked once or twice a week and only got knocked back last year when it was minus five or colder for a week. All the proper winter spinach went slug-wards. A few celery plants are left, plus pak choi, mustard greens and yellow turnips.
We have enough leeks to eat them once or twice a week - 220 planted - and they are mostly a good size. I adore leeks!!
Usual winter stuff like cabbages, kale and parsnips. Lettuces are still growing plus chicoree/endive for eating as is and forcing. Plus some winter lettuces to plant out once its dried out a little.
I'm thinking about a one bed tunnel for next winter, although when the sun does shine it gets very warm (low twenties) so the inside might get too hot.
I find the depths of winter fine for fresh food, but still struggle with the hungry gap.

[Tripmeup]

Still harvesting the last of the tomatoes and chillis from the greenhouse....
From outside, still have some spuds to be dug up and loads of cabbages, leeks, PSB, some carrots, turnips, lots of beetroot, spring onions, lots of spinach and various lettuce....

[northepaul]

Tomatoes in the conservatory!! Still growing, producing flowers and fruit AND ripening!!

My spinach is still going strong too

[Potstubsdustbins]

Growing in containers makes my life easier. When I cleared the GH of toms and peppers I moved my lettuce, Mesclun, radish and spring onions in there and we have loads still to harvest.

Colin

[areia]

cabbage, sprouts, cauliflower, purple sprouting,spinach, cos, turnips, carrots,spring onion, chillis, peppers, toms, peas, broc, leeks. loads of herbs left too, still going....lost the next lot of spuds to blight again so no new spuds for crimbo, though fellow plotter has offered me her jerusalum artichoke ........................so musn't grumble

[Lawrence]

Picked a couple of dozen Chilli peppers today from the garden, some seem to be still ripening, how???
(not counting the ones in the greenhouse, although that's not much warmer!)

[Snadger]

Looking forward to starting tomato and chilli harvest...........

[solway cropper]

On the plot and ready to eat are beetroot, cabbage, carrots, chard, kale, leeks, lettuce, pak choi, parsnips, swedes and turnips. Still picking the autumn rasps although not for much longer. In the greenhouse I still have a few tomatoes and peppers plus all my winter salads: lettuce, mesclun, radishes, rocket, spring onions with a variety of micro-greens germinating on windowsills.