Urgh

I got a bit of a shock when I poked my head into my shed at the weekend. All my remaining pumpkins and butternut squash had gone off, in a big way. Either the frost got to them (the shed's not heated and it's been very cold over Xmas) or it's not as dry in there as I thought. They all ended up on the compost, which was quite a horrible job as some of them were very green and squishy. Ah well, I'll know not to store them in there over winter next year. I've still got one huge squash left in the flat, so that will either go for soup or roasted veggies when we've got friends visiting at the weekend.

Happily, none of the spuds I've got stored in the shed were affected, so I've still got plenty of those. The only thing left growing on the plot at the moment are a few cabbages, which seem unaffected by frost or rain.

When I've got a moment I shall have to go through my seed packets to see what I've got left from last year, what I need to buy, and plan what I need to get underway soon for those early crops.