This year I hope to get this jungle into control better now my back has been fixed.
Soil conditions are still chilly but the greenhouse is beginning to show signs of life.
Meanwhile, on the kitchen window sill, a forest of courgette seedlings have emerged. Alys Fowler, writing in the Guardian, advocates turning the tray each day to avoid plants craning their necks towards the sun. Done that.
Next advice snippet is when I come to pot them out, bury the leggy stalks in soil and, as if by magic, the stalk cells will transform into root cells. Hmm. Will that work? We shall see!