2024 - What I sowed today

Sown
CFB district nurse ( Grace )
Canary creeper
Sweetcorn goldcrest

Sown
CFB district nurse ( Grace )
Canary creeper
Sweetcorn goldcrest

Good to meet you Grace.

Carrots in a polytunnel. Previous sowing either didn't come up or met a slimy end. The slug population in the garden this year seems about infinite for all practical purposes. If I lift a brick, piece of cardboard or wood I must have killed hundreds this spring and still small plants regularly disappear.

Carrots in a polytunnel. Previous sowing either didn't come up or met a slimy end. The slug population in the garden this year seems about infinite for all practical purposes. If I lift a brick, piece of cardboard or wood I must have killed hundreds this spring and still small plants regularly disappear.

I concur, mostly leopard slugs, which supposedly lurk in compost or manure but there's still evidence of munching elsewhere. The pigeons are the worst offenders this year, I've had to net beets and chard which I've never needed to do before.

Pumpkins & Squash direct.

I continued my journey through my Alphabet of beans -
Fasold
Golden Gate
Hunter
Isabel
(No J)
Kew Blue
Lazy Housewife

Then moved onto Cucurbits again
Cucumber - Spacemaster 80, Emilie (because she had rave reviews on G&G last year), Dragons Egg
Cucamelon
North Georgia Candy Roaster.

I continued my journey through my Alphabet of beans -
Fasold
Golden Gate
Hunter
Isabel
(No J)
Kew Blue
Lazy Housewife

Then moved onto Cucurbits again
Cucumber - Spacemaster 80, Emilie (because she had rave reviews on G&G last year), Dragons Egg
Cucamelon
North Georgia Candy Roaster.

What no Jacobs Cattle? I've got a small pot of those growing somewhere DJs seed swap I think

Carrots in a polytunnel. Previous sowing either didn't come up or met a slimy end. The slug population in the garden this year seems about infinite for all practical purposes. If I lift a brick, piece of cardboard or wood I must have killed hundreds this spring and still small plants regularly disappear.

The orange Spanish slug has been an absolute menace here this year and over winter. In previous years most of the damage has been from the three-band slug. The three-band is smaller but appears in larger numbers, whereas the orange does more damage and eats absolutely everything. I'm probably not going to bother growing spring cabbage anymore since they get so infested, even with nematodes and numerous applications of sluggo. Warmer, wetter winters means the slug population isn't reduced by hard frosts and they remain active all winter.

Yesterday radishes, a pinch of spring onions, Chantenay carrots and Mooli.

Direct sowed chitted dwarf french beans outside:
Jacob's Cattle
Jacob's Cattle Gold
Vermont Cranberry
Yin Yang

Sowed replacement basil indoors:
Genovese
Greek
Dark Opal