These are the early crop and there's another bed of later ones which are not quite so well developed but should keep me in mash, chips, and other spuddy delights later on in the year.
The onions that went in at the bag end of last year have now done their stuff and half of them turned into leeks which makes me thinks they may not have been onions in the first place. The red onions are left out on the bed drying out so they will keep better, and the leeks will be cooked up with a bit of butter for my tea.
The second lot of seeds planted in the coldframe and protected by swathes of slug pellets have come good, and another few snails went to meet their maker. Top left are dwarf beans, top right are courgettes, and left middle are beetroots. Bottom left are sliverskin onions which are taking a bit longer but are just poking their heads above the soil, and the tray on the right is leeks, again a bit slower to start.
The rasberry canes that went in last year and promptly died also seem to be making a good recovery and should give me enough for a mr kipling style individual fruit pie.
The salsify has finally flowered and matches the pictures on the web so I'll have a go at harvesting it shortly. With a root that is 3ft long it may take some doing though!!!
After all that hard work, I retired home for a well earned greasy spoon.
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