The temperatures have dropped over the past week with the first heavy frost of the Autumn appearing on Tuesday. Today has been overcast and about 7 degrees though crucially it's been dry for two days so I've dug another foot or two of the 'strip' running down the length of the west end of my plot.
This area had a few random fruit plants but was infested with couch grass so I moved anything worth keeping two years ago and began to clear the area. I've planted some rhubarb at the north end and have created a small cold frame. This is useful for hardening off young plants in spring and planting out a cucumber in early Summer. The strip is almost clear now, apart from about two foot and I can use it to accommodate a few more squashes or some flowers for cutting.
As I've noted elsewhere, while I've planted garlic before it has always been in the Spring. So, I was surprised to see the cloves sprouting so readily in the cooler months of October & November (pictured above). I hope they come through the freezing weather and develop well early next year.
I received the DT Brown's seed catalogue this week and noticed that they had Cucamelons listed this season, £1.79 for 50 seeds (free P&P) while on eBay people are listing a mere 5 seeds for the same price with added postage. I put my order in today, I'm really interested in how they will develop and taste in 2014 - they are on my seed list for the coming season (see 12 Nov post). DT Brown's Seeds www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk
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