A few weeks ago I was chuffed to ribbons that all the seeds I had planted had started coming through and was anticipating a bumper harvest of vegetably comestibles. Now that they've been growing for a couple of weeks they seem to all look quite similar which leads me to believe that:-
a) The magic cabbage fairies have been out and planted cabbages in my entire plot for me which is why they all look the same.
b) The buggers are weeds, darn weeds.
Those of you who chose option a) as most likely, well, I've got this uncle in Nigeria who needs to get a large amount of money out of the country so if you'll just send me your bank details etc etc......
Today was therefore spent digging out the weeds to leave things that look similar in straight lines (which I hope at the things I actually planted. A bit like the carrots (fingers crossed) below).
The spare room plants also got transferred into the cold frame so that's tomatoes, cauli's and sweet peppers on the go.
There were also some toms from Andy next door that were too large for the frame so given the hot weather I've put them in the ground in the hope they take off.
I'm trying out a different planting method this year with these. I normally bang a cane in next to each of them, but the word on the allotments is it's better to just put two stakes in and string between them to support the plants as they grow.
Finally, the garlic that was planted only a couple of weeks ago is starting to sprout into view so if it all comes up I should be overrun with the stuff.
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