So far I've managed to resist the false starts to the growing season and all of my recent direct sowings seem to be doing ok ,touch wood.Over the last few years for my cool weather crops I've been moving back to sowing direct rather than using modules. It seems to work if the drills are pre-watered,the seeds firmed down to get good contact with the soil and then everything covered up with fleece/Thermacrop mesh to keep out the wind and pests but retain the moisture.
Potatoes planted no dig style and broad beans and tall peas in ,plus a first succession bed of shallots/carrots/chard and lettuce mixed with radish and another catch crop of turnips and radish in one of the pole bean beds.
Also I've moved back to using a brassica seed bed rather than sowing in trays then pricking out etc ....we'll see..... partly due to my window sill space being full of Dahlia seedlings.
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Looking down the plot
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Top section with covers
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One of the no dig potato beds with cover
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Looking up the plot
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A permanent home for the small redcurrant and gooseberry bushes that have been sitting in pots
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Newly sown pea trellis and a catch crop under cover below bean supports
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Healthy looking fruiting spurs on the mature redcurrent bush - so far so good
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