My tomatoes are still rolling in a few at a time, though the husband warned it might frost later this week. I hope it doesn't--not yet--our usual first frost is November or later. If my tomatoes do bite the dust I'll make some green tomato pickle or salsa with the remainder. Or both, depending on how many I have left. Most of the red ones have gone into the freezer for future sauce; the cherry toms have gone on lots of salads and also into lots of soups and curries.
I've stopped picking purple podded French beans in the hopes for some seeds, though I'm still picking a few of the green podded beans--still got a lot of these but I'll want seeds off them too. Also pulling up beets as and when they are needed; most are a good size by now. The cucumbers are done, having picked the last pickling ones a few weeks ago and the salad ones this week; I'll be transplanting my cauliflowers, komatsuna and winter lettuce into the salad cuc bed as soon as I can. I also picked the last zuc at the weekend.
All the squashes are in, and my famous big one is also safely back at home, having survived all 200+ children and adults at my work (a school) for a "guess the weight" contest. And the weight is: 15.2 kg! My own old fashioned kitchen scales are in pounds and ounces; the conversion is 33 lb 7 oz! Last year my biggest one was about 17 lb, and I thought that one was enormous.
My batch of lettuce from late summer is producing nicely now, hopefully for a few more weeks, but the achocha has mostly finished; I'll probably let it develop and drop seed. My leeks look good despite the grassy sward they are growing in, and the radishes and turnips (sown in August) look lush and leafy, though not ready to pull. I have about half a dozen cabbage heads forming, but also not quite there yet. I plan on eating lots of fresh veg over winter, as well as eating from the freezer, pantry and fridge.
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