Grow Your Own Magazine

Well it's been a while so here's what's been happening.
Bad news first ! Think I may lose my french beans to Sclerotinia - this is doubly annoying as they were beginning to produce beans all over the place. I have also lost several hundred cabbages to the pigeons - that'll teach me to be too fussy about weed control - tried to make the place look pterry but all I did was let the pigeons see them more clearly !!
Cucumbers are going bananas (if that's possible) The largest of the rows...

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It looked more like a carrot shoot than anything, but the reason I know is definitely a good thing, since the Coriander shoots came through! They're similar but different, if that makes any sense. The leaves were thicker with reddish veins underneath (and two shoots to a seed – that’s value for money!)

I was right; my peas are like the Trojan army. Determinedly marching their way towards the sky, especially the pot noodle pea, which has a whole deep pot all to itself. The potted...

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