Very exciting. We’ve dragged out the old polytunnel from the back of the greenhouse and planted some winter crops. In fairness it is a bit early to be using protection like a polytunnel, but I wanted to keep the neighbourhood cats (including our own) off the newly-sown lines of the plot.

So we’ve put in some cabbage and cauliflower. The cabbage should really have been in last month, but as we’re only ten days into September I’m hoping it catches up before the weather turns against us.

The seeds of both crops are suspiciously similar: like tiny brown shot. And the planting instructions are almost the same, too: scratch a trench half an inch deep, drop in your seeds – well spaced – and water them well before covering them up and damping down. The first shoots should be showing in 14 to 28 days, and the crops ready for picking in March (or, if you’re very lucky, February).

I think that when they get growing properly we’re going to have to get out our second polytunnel to give them a bit of room to expand, but for now it’s good to see new sowings in the plot.

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