Much to my surprise the asparagus has made an appearance; new shoots are showing all over the bed. After the long cold winter I thought it would be very late but it is only a week or so behind last year.
At last we are just starting to pick purple spouting. That is about a month later than last year. We have also had some lettuce out of the polytunnel and solar pod. Not much survived only about six head of Valdor. The rest seem to have succumbed to the harsh frosts or rotted off at the base of the stem. This year I will only sow Valdor as it has been consistently the best performer.
I am still holding back on sowing seed in open ground as we have been getting night frosts. The thermometer in the polytunnel (2m above ground) has recorded lows of -3C and highs of 35c over the last week. We did manage to get some carrots and beetroot into one the pods.
The big decision this year is to take six beds out of veg production and plant apple and pear trees; the extra fruit will be very welcome.
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