Winters Coming

Not been able to get down to the allotment for a couple of weeks due to chaos at home, first grandchild has been born and him and his adoring parents have moved in with us for the duration so one long regime of nappy changing and being nanny!  Managed to get down to plot 119 for a while yesterday though for a breath of fresh air and some work.  Took down the runner beans and had a general tidy around, Simon sorted out his peppers, not quite ready to overwinter yet as still very leafy and producing chillis even now.  Brussel sprouts are doing well and the leeks are doing a grand job.  January King cabbages are recovering after their inital noshing by bugs unknown.  And the onions are all up now.  Pulled up the last of the fennel and have given up on the celery, didnt really do very much - nothing really worth harvesting.  All the plots are looking pretty bare and certainly it seems like things are winding up for the winter.  At least the weeds arent growing for a change!  Didn't go up to the top plot, not a lot to do up there now we have decided to give that one up in the Spring, just things for harvesting through the winter.