November Veg Plot Update – Leeks, Fennel, Onions, Broad Beans & Pak Choi

Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Tracey in Veg Plot

November has been chilly, windy and rainy, this is the first real chance thanks to the British weather I have had since the 1st of the month when my Broad Beans, Peas, Onions and Shallots were planted, to get outside and check my plot. My vegetable plot update is a good opportunity to see how well my autumn planting vegetables have grown in the last 4 weeks.

The weather doesn’t seem to have affected my vegetables, in fact my greens (Pak Choi and Endive) in the winter vegetable plot have shot up. Also as I have my giant cloches, my broad beans are not as wind swept and leaning over as usual, they are upright and going for the sky! The best thing about seeing them growing well, is in a few months time they’ll be on my dinner plate.

So let see how everything is growing… Please click on the photos to enlarge them.

: P1 Eaten Cabbages & Onions

: Row of Fluffy Fennel

: Plot 2 Leeks and Legumes

: Leek Fan Closeup

: Closeup of tiny bulb on Fennel

: Pak Choi Harvest

: Senshyu Onions

: Crinkly Endive

: Pak Choi in Plot

: Broad Beans 4 Wks Old

: Plot 3 Winter Veg

: Pea Avola 4 Wks Old

I’m Currently Growing:-

Plot 1 Spring Pointy Cabbage – Precoce de Louviers from The Real Seed Catalogue (however most has been eaten by caterpillars),
Plot 1 Onions – Senshyu from Dobies,
Plot 1 Shallots – Grise from Dobies,
Plot 2 Broad Beans – Aquadulce Claudia from Dobies,
Plot 2 Pea – Avola from Dobies,
Plot 2 Leek – Pandora from The Organic Gardening Catalogue,
Plot 2 Leek – Bandit from The Organic Gardening Catalogue,
Plot 3 Carrot – Giant Red from The Real Seed Catalogue,
Plot 3 Fennel – Colossale from The Real Seed Catalogue,
Plot 3 Pak Choi – Green Boy from The Real Seed Catalogue,
Plot 3 Salad Endive – Bianca Riccia da Taglio from The Real Seed Catalogue.

Previous Months Plot Updates

October – Winter Seedlings Update.
September – Mustard Greens and Endive.
August – Runner Beans, Carrots and Tomatoes.
July – Tomatoes, Dwarf Beans and Mange Tout.
June – Potatoes, Leeks and Onions.
May – Broad Beans, Radishes and Dwarf Beans.

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