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I'm enjoying seeing what is thriving and whats lagging behind. I dont think there's ever a 'wrong' time to sow as from every plant you grow you bank knowledge. From my 'personal use' collection I've got a January sown hungarian black in flower and an overwintered jalepeno thats come back really well, everything else got started early April. Unsurprisingly the candy cane chocolate cherry are fast off the block, and aji delight. A weird faddas cross seem to be doing really well and zebrange is also growing strong. Mattapenos, well, they might be ready next year 😅

Theres a food bank near me that do a free and healthy three course meal once a week along with food parcels, of which they aim for 60% to be fresh food. Fantastic to drop them off today and see the interest in this little old fashioned vegetable! I'm a very happy turnip dork.

Lovely and fine. For £3.49 colour me impressed.

Picked up a couple of freebies today. First some racking, I'm going to marine varnish a few boards and replace most with some galvanised mesh.

Also up for grabs were the wooden id boards from the old wetlands exhibit at our local museum - which are screaming to be made into a planter. One of my vocal stims *prior* to picking them up was "WETLAND HABITAT, HABITAT, HABITAT!!" To the tune of 'this is halloween' so my wife is going to really really appreciate me as this project continues.

It’s national gardening week and this year’s theme is get curious… so here’s the start of a week long series of edible weeds.

Jack by the hedge (also called garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata). You’ll find it along hedgerows, shady paths and sheltered spots. Mines behind my greenhouse.

It’s easy to recognise - soft, slightly crinkly, slightly serated green leaves (more rounded when young, more pointy later on) on a tall stem.

Little white four-petalled flowers in spring that bloom on their second year. Crush a leaf and it smells faintly of garlic. Much loved food of orange tipped butterfly caterpillars.

Like coriander, it doesn’t taste the same to everyone. Some people get a proper garlicky hit. I think it tastes like my antidepressants. Delish.

Good evening from Winchelsea, East Sussex.