Mick kindly let us have some spare seedlings, meaning that we have Kale (Cavalo Nero) earlier than planned. We also have some Snowball cauliflower plant and some red chard seedlings to go with what we've already sown directly into the plot.
Tomorrow I'll be planting more chard and beetroot and radish in the plot, following yesterday's planting out of rooted onion sets. Last year the onions were a failure so we'll have to see if they'll grow better this year.
I did repeat sowings in the greenhouse of sweet peas, squash, sunflowers and French beans today since germination has so far been slow or non existent. The climbing peas Roi des Conserves are growing really well and were put in the cold frame to harden off, accompanying the second sowing of broad beans which so far have not germinated.
Soon it will be time to plan protection especially for brassicas to try to keep butterflies away, and the resulting caterpillars which can decimate plants in no time.
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