Took home some overwintered Lobjoit's cos lettuce, planted in late September as an experiment, considering that our autumns are extending further by the year and our "winters" are hardly severe enough to be worthy of the name any longer. Result! A fine row with only one lost plant and, with this particular bed having had a mulch of sharp sand, barely any slug damage. The main heads of the F1 Atlantis calabrese planted around the same time have all been harvested now, but are throwing out an impressive crop of side shoots.
After all the rain the soil remains a little damp for cultivation, but a newly rebuilt raised bed, covered with lino to keep the weather off, was just about perfect after digging in sand and compost. There'll be a 12ft row of Hurst Greenshaft peas going in there tomorrow, weather permitting. It's all good.
