i ended up keeping some of the fleece (well actually wasn’t real fleece, more like that weed suppressing membrane) on two rows to warm the ground and force faster growth.

this time around we picked really obscure varieties, made further obscure because shozu failed to upload the photo above, which had the descriptions. so from memory and left to right we have: gypsy mixed with highland burgundy, skerry, salad blue, shetland black, gypsy mixed with highland burgundy and finally dunbar rover.

aren’t they great names? the taters are heritage varieties which can go from blue and purple insides, to black skins with blue rings in white flesh. we’ve had the shetland black before and really enjoyed them.

since my plan for main crops was postponed, i decided to prune the rasps. hopefully i wasn’t too harsh. i made a half arsed attempt to weed the area around them, but it needs more work.

there’s still so much to do and we’ve not made a start on any seedlings. but hey, i guess when you stick food in the grow, you’re technically in growing season eh?

sadly the horse tail obliterated our carrot and spring onions. we have a small row of carrots growing away. the beetroot is also doing well.

last weekend we enjoyed a bumper crop of raspberries and there are plenty more ready for this week. the woodlice have pretty much claimed the strawberries as their own.

we got a nice lettuce head growing, which to our surprise has not been nibbled by slugs.

we’ve started growing a few more in pots with copper tape around them, no point hoping for continued good fortune.

finally the best news saved for last, our taters have started to flower

and of course when flowering begins, so can the harvesting!

they tasted lovely, very creamy and sweet. can’t wait till we can harvest more!