Autumn

I usually hate this time of year because of the spiders (see Charlie Brooker's column on this subject). However, in allotment terms, it's bloody marvellous! I haven't done a lot of work on it lately, but stuff just keeps growing. Today there were 4 courgettes of harvestable size, plus at least another 5 baby ones which I'll leave to grow a bit more, the first crop of French beans, more never-ending lettuce, and another lush strawberry, which unfortunately the slugs reached before me: