i have planted all first early and second earlies now i put them in nice and deep if they do start sprouting up i have plenty of packs of poundland fleece to protect them , Pete (hubby) managed to get me some main crop potatoes from one of his friends not sure if I'll put them in or not there due to blight I'm thinking of growing them at home and covering them with fleece to stop the blight spores
No change with the onion sets or parsnips early days yet , the strawberry plants are growing well though and the peas have started to shoot so i covered the wire protecting them with fleece to protect from the frost.
Pete finally got me some blue barrels i have been asking for to grow carrots in, according to the royal horticultural society to beat the dreaded carrot fly you need to provide a 24" high barrier as the carrot fly can't fly any higher than this so these should do the job.
I have been told carrot fly is a problem on the allotment so I'm not taking any risks another theory is to grow onions next to the carrots or parsnips which is why my parsnips are growing next to the onions.
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