The return of the tent

 This is my brassica tent, back again for a second year. I have planted summer purple sprouting broccoli, white sprouting broccoli and cabbages in it so far - and I have just seen my first cabbage white butterfly of the season, so it was at about the right time. This Saturday sees the local Horticulture Society have its annual plant sale. This will include some locally grown produce, so I might be able to get something else to plant here - germination of my Brussels and red cabbage was zero!

This shows another of my plots, with early potatoes, salad potatoes and French beans, just starting to climb up the poles. At home, I have runner beans, courgettes, more French beans, sweetcorn and butternut squash coming on, ready to plant out at the end of May or beginning of June. The usual problem will apply - where to put them all!
In another of my plots I have planted parsnip seeds, but have no germination again (I probably let them dry out too much at the critical time) so have re-sown seed, which (if it comes up) will be late and give only small parsnips - pity, as last year's were large and very tasty - and froze well.
And finally, a note about the weather. It's been very dry but on the whole not very warm (yesterday was an exception - it was glorious) but today is cold with rain, and we should have showers most days for the next week, which (with the long days) should bring things on apace. Watch this space!