While out an about today, we popped into a farm shop that grows its own. They had 300g of asparagus on sale for £3.29, rhubarb £1.99/kg and pathetic purple sprouting broccoli at £2.20/kg. We harvested about 300g asparagus, 700g rhubarb and about a pound of psb (the latter not weighed).
My chervil has gone to flower, so I thought I’d chop it and freeze it in ice-cube trays. Started more chervil today, and my son wanted chives (he sowed them). Also started more basil - lettuce leaved. Potted on sweet and chilli peppers, aubergines and parsley.
Yesterday down the plot, planted out the last lot of potatoes - 6 each of the sarpos Mira and Axona, 3 Golden Wonder, 3 Puritan and 3 Ulster Sceptre (oops, a first early but should still be ok).
Planted out brassicas yesterday - grr, I hate those cabbage root fly collars as I tried to be gentle as possible and the one stem broke trying to negotiate the slit in the collar. Each brassica had 4 seeds sown but not all germinated/survived slugs. In total, 2 Kalibos cabbage, 1 Waltham calabrese, 1 Decathlon calabrese, 4 Seven Hills brussels, 1 Cuor Di Bue cabbage, 2 Marner Storing Red cabbage, 2 Corvet calabrese and 2 Darkmar brussels were planted out.
With the rain today, have spent 10 mins outside in the garden - 44 slugs/snails dealt with. Going out later for a hunting session.
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