Dunno if everyone else has this, but after 2 weeks of rain, I went down the lotty yesterday to rescue the last spuds and get the squash, and I was amazed at the difference in everything! September had been bone dry so most of my late sowings had just been hopeless and I gave most of it up as a bad joke. Suddenly the leeks and brassica have shot up, the lettuces I had given up for dead suddenly are healthy little plants that I could plant out, the pak choy reappeared and the chines cabbage were big enough to plant on. Radish were huge and delicious (we ate them all!) and the swiss chard gave me a sweet bunch of stems for a stry fry.
I also had mmm how do you say that, purslane? That little salad green that grows down at ground level, and some self seeded rocket. That made a lovely salad last night!
To top it all off, the nasturtiums have burst back to life, so instead of weeds the plot is covered with pretty baby nasturtiums (which will just rot away when the frosts hit).
has anyone else had a surprising burst of autumnal growth like that?
