Well, it's been a few weeks since I've actually been to the allotment. All I know of it is secondhand information, from the husband and son. Still, here's what's been up:
Five pumpkins have been harvested, four of which are almost fully orange; the littlest is likely the newest and I doubt it'll ripen much now that it's been picked. They had to be harvested though, as the weather is turning colder--a neighbor told me her husband had to scrape ice off his car early in the morning the other day (no ice witnessed by me yet). One green kuri squash also came home on the same day. Two pumpkins are big, one pumpkin and squash are medium, and the other two pumpkins are small.
The husband has also been digging up potato plants at a rate of about one per week for more than a month. It's time to get them all up now, before the tops completely wither away, obscuring their locations. He's promised to get them up this weekend, and we'll store them here at home.
The remaining brassicas--Brussels sprouts, purple sprouting broccoli, red cabbage--are all growing strongly, though it looks like we won't be harvesting very soon. Certainly the broccoli won't be ready till spring, and the others might need a month or more.
Everything else is done; hopefully the weeds are done too. I'm collecting as many cardboard boxes as possible, and sheet mulch will be happening over the autumn and winter, probably with used stable bedding (from the horse stables at the allotment site). Maybe next spring the weeds will be more subdued and we'll get more of a harvest. Still, I'm happy with the amount we managed to grow, and look forward to next year.
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