Stark comparison

On the same day in May I planted 20 identical sweetcorn seedlings in an open bed and 20 in my polytunnel. The ones in the tunnel are flowering and at roof height (about 8ft) The ones in an adjacent open bed (in full sun if we had any) are barely 10 inches high

I've been growing stuff for a lot of years and I'd say this one is going to go down as a real stinker. I've no idea what stage things are at out on the plot. There are flowers on first early spuds and on maincrops planted later, broad beans four feet high with no pods, onions all flopped over and looking ready to lift, shallots bolted, no sign of fruit on the rasps.....talk about a challenge!

I've been growing stuff for a lot of years and I'd say this one is going to go down as a real stinker. I've no idea what stage things are at out on the plot. There are flowers on first early spuds and on maincrops planted later, broad beans four feet high with no pods, onions all flopped over and looking ready to lift, shallots bolted, no sign of fruit on the rasps.....talk about a challenge!

I've been growing stuff since we came to Cumbria 41 years ago and this is the worst I can remember. Spuds seem to have rotted off through being waterlogged. I dug some up for tonight's meal and tubers look free from blight but as the tops are gone, they'll get no bigger than they are at present - about 2" long. All the brassicas have rotted off through standing in water. Very few pods on broadbeans and no flowers on runners yet

The only good thing about this summer is that I haven't even seen a wasp yet, let alone got the multiple stings that I've had for the last few years