First significant crop this year.

Had our first significant harvest yesterday - perputal spinach, chard, a handful of Charlottle potatoes, some small courgettes, some over-wintered red onions and a couple of garlic.

Also pulled up the bolted pak choi - the leaves taste fine, but obviously no heart, which is the nicest bit.

I spent a couple of hours weeding last night, had the allotment to myself, and stayed there until 10pm - my favourite time.

The beans are starting to grow at last, we'll get a few peas (but it's never really worth it). The kale from the Real Seed Company is looking great.

I also planted out some more Choi - a different variety. I planted this out younger than the last lot, so maybe that will stop them from bolting.

Bolting Pak Choi and going over to the dark side...

Planted Pak Choi out on Monday. It had bolted by today! The plants are still tiny... No idea why ... perhaps too cold? I've got got another type, so maybe they will be better.

OK. Big Confession.

I've gone over to the dark side. I've put slug pellets down. Up until now I've been completely organic but... the slugs pretty much cleared the plot a couple of weeks ago. Beans, chard, purple sprouting, cabbage, all completely decimated. It was either give up and kill the slugs. I tried a organic barrier solution, and it was a complete failure. Beer traps the same.

So... a few pellets later, and the cabbages (the only thing vaguely allow apart from the Squashes) came back to life, and everything I've planted since has been fine.

So, they really do seem to work. But at what cost? Not sure, but at least it's fun again as I can see things growing.

Oh, one other thing. I'm getting really small courgettes. Not sure if it's just because the plants are young.