We managed to get to the plot on Friday, thanks to our allotment pal, Jan who came to pick us up and ferry us to and from the plot.
Once there it was just a case of a couple of hours steady harvesting. We couldn't have stayed any longer anyway as the weather was against us.
You may be able to spot the harvest stuffed in the greenhouse to keep it dry whilst we sheltered from the worst of the rain.
The wind had toppled the runner beans like a stack of cards. They were attached to a frame like the climbing French beans which are still standing. The amount of leaf was all the winds needed to do their worst.
I did manage to salvage a few beans from the mass of leaves but to be honest, because we hadn't managed to pick regularly, most were past their best. Maybe I can pod some and use the beans inside.
I expected the sweet peas to have given up but there were still plenty of flowers.
We did manage to harvest quite a lot. Our booty was arranged at home under the carport out of the rain for a photoshoot.
In the net sacks are ....
... Fiesta apples ...
... Egremont Russet apples ...
... and Invincible pears.
We also managed to strip our sweet corn plants. We were really pleased with the haul considering we thought the plants had been murdered by strong winds straight after planting.
We decided to strip off the kernels and freeze them straight away.
The All Gold autumn raspberries had hung on for us. Usually the berries don't stand up well to wet and windy weather but we managed a good picking,
You may have noticed - on the group photo - that we even managed a smattering of blueberries. The bushes are now sporting their early autumn colouring so that's the end of their harvest for this year,
The fruit of the tomato plants in both plot and garden greenhouse are now ripening faster than we can use them and so batches have been made into a tomato sauce and frozen.
We have continued to harvest grapes, tomatoes, peppers, watercress, spring onions and parsley from the garden as we need them and I occasionally remember to take a photo.
The Snackbite pepper plants have done really well and are ripening steadily.
We will grow them again.
They've been a long time coming but we have now managed to harvest some spring onions!
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