Issue 26Readers Garden Pictures

READERS' GARDENS
Your HarvestsWe absolutely love seeing pictures of your gardens and allotments on our Scotland Grows Readers' Group on Facebook - are you a part of it yet? Here's a reader selection when we asked what everyone was harvesting at the end of September from different parts of Scotland to inspire you.
"My cauliflowers! Actually ended up with 4! I know its not a lot but as someone who can’t grow beetroot I take these for the win. Only been gardening for 4 years since lockdown."Marie-Thérèse Hayes, Rhu near Helensburgh

1Dividing Rule"Potatoes, carrots and onions plus garlic all great, tenderstem and sprouting broccoli still going strong, peas, beetroot all pickled . Rhubarb added to chutneys and crumbles."Amanda Keeble, Isle of Skye

2Dividing Rule"My outdoor grown bush tomatoes, 'Red Alert' and 'Maskotka', are doing pretty well although later than normal. This will be my second lot to be made into passata once I pick the ripe ones. I have one tall variety and I don't think I'll get any ripe fruits from it this year even though it was sown at the same time and planted in same planter as the bush plants.
"I'm also really happy with this outdoor grown 'Mini Munch' cucumber. It was only sown 24th June (inside) after others rotted in the rain. It's only 2ft tall at the moment and producing like mad."Jenny Morgan, Arbroath, NE Coast

34Dividing Rule"Picked at the allotment. Tatties have been great this year along with the beetroot, onions, and shallots. Cauliflowers have arrived albeit smaller than I would have liked. Carrot germination has been poor although I think most did germinate but we're nibbled by slugs. Tomatoes were about two to three weeks behind but ripening well now."Martin Toward, Aberdeen
5Dividing Rule"Potatoes are great but I think most successful has to go to beetroot this year. I tried for years to grow them and only been successful this year and last - they love a new no dig bed it seems!
"Carrots are also being successful for once, and the colder weather is meaning the lettuce hasn't shot." Helen Mclachlan, Kintyre, Argyll, west coast by the sea.
6Dividing Rule"Grabbed dinner on the way into the house! Carrots, golden beets, salad onions, and sweet corn was on the menu with grilled chicken. This year's potatoes, onions, and garlic also did very well. Pumpkins, peas, and courgettes not so well."Barbara Ann Easton, outside of Stirling

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