Our lettuce has been good too @paul_in_surrey ... unusually for us we bought plugs from an independent nursery in S. Lincs when visiting MIL ... one pack of Cos and one of Baby Gem. I planted two rows of Cos with wide spacing and fitted two rows of Baby Gems between them ... my plan was so we didn't get too much of a glut.
The Baby Gems were ready first so my plan worked as I harvested them leaving the Cos plenty of space to grow. They've all been great ... we've got about half a dozen Cos left to cut ... we'll use them within the next ten days if not before. Lettuce, pea and mint soup anyone?
I grow Pomodoro tomatoes for pasta sauce and Sweet Million which I tend to eat like sweets when I'm fiddling in the greenhouse with the occasional Basil leaf. I grow my own for convenience and peace of mind but I've never mastered carrots! Amazingly I keep trying 'cos one year.............
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
My first teasels are about to flower, and from what I've read, they will leave me no choice about growing them every year until kingdom come. Same goes for my marigolds, poppies, forget me nots and aquilegia. Last year a neighbour gave me some surplus antirrhinums she'd grown from seed, they have done well and I'll give them a bit of help to spread themselves around. I'm growing three different tomatoes but it's too soon to know which are worth repeating. I daresay I'll throw away money on carrot seed again, the triumph of hope over experience. Last year I had a good crop of cavolo Nero, but no-one ate any.
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The Baby Gems were ready first so my plan worked as I harvested them leaving the Cos plenty of space to grow. They've all been great ... we've got about half a dozen Cos left to cut ... we'll use them within the next ten days if not before. Lettuce, pea and mint soup anyone?
https://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/view/recipe/lettuce-pea-and-mint-soup
Very easy and totally delicious, especially with a dollop of cream stirred in
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.