Thanks for all your welcomes, cooking all done and some eating too. (no naked flames allowed on Wirral for a while - perhaps the severe weather warning for monday is something to do with me!).

Thanks for the slug advice Yoanbob, I've found a firm who will send me a pack of Nemaslug every 6 weeks to keep me clear, and I don't have to remember - luckily it's a very small plot. Him indoors is going to nail copper tubing along the tops of my raised beds as well.

So onwards and upwards, the ps broccoli is looking good, I had thought it was a waste of time, in the ground for so long and nothing to show (except for caterpillars - the joy of watching a wasp cut one in half HA HA he he (maniacal laughter)). Now its looking good.

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Nell