It’s cold outside. Below 6o C today so I expect no growth of plants is taking place outside.
Last year’s successes were
Kale (oak leafed type red) and cavolo nero
broccoli – for some reason (was it the seed?!) it began forming early this year – thick juicy stems. I don’t know why. It is the best that has ever appeared and I wish I knew how that happened! Only two clues. I pressed them into the ground well, mulched and fed them with super well rotted manure and a friend hand picked all the caterpillars off whilst we were away for payment!
Beetroot – grew well enough until the squirrel ate them all 😦
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Climbing french beans
Raspberries
Last Year’s Failures were:
Peas mostly. Transplanted ones from the greenhouse failed – drought perhaps?
any attempts at sowing seeds outside directly into the ground fail – slugs mainly I think. They love lettuce.
Tomatoes grown outside – blighted
Tomatoes grown in the greenhouse survived and produced a steady crop but just not as prolific as I’d hoped
Gardening in a Jungle 