Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
I retrieved my globe artichokes from the root cellar where I had been storing them in shoe boxes filled with dry peat. They are already sprouting so I will pot them up (indoors) and nurture them until it is warm enough to put them outside. Great they survived the winter. (I grew these from seed last year).
In the garden the garlic has come through and the first few sorrel leaves have appeared. I looked under the mulch for asparagus but none in sight yet. The new raspberries have been decimated by the rabbits. They also finished off all the brussels sprouts (I don't mind so much). Peter spent some time fixing the frame of the polytunnel which has suffered during storms this winter. We are now considering building a wind buffer on the southern end of the tunnel. It's amazing that even WITHOUT the plastic, the frame still catches the wind enough to lift the whole structure off its foundations. The shipping container is in good shape and nice and dry inside. We used it for storing all the bee and honey equipment during the winter.
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