Courgettes Still Forming

Walking around the allotments yesterday it looked as though most of my neighbours had pulled up their courgette plants. Mine are looking pretty mildewed now and some of the older leaves have withered altogether but the plants still have new, green leaves coming and small courgettes forming. 

Wanting to give the courgettes a bit longer to develop the new fruits I cut away a lot of the older, decaying leaves so that there's not quite so much to clear away later. I'm hoping these last few courgettes will grow before the first frosts. Learning as I go!