Interesting bit on Grow your own last night.
One of the presenters made a cold frame filled it with grass cutting then compost and planted whole sweet potatoes.

Good idea of adding grass cutting to increase the heat, thought they had to grown from sllps though.

I plant in 6 inches of compost and found first year they fell over. Did the stamp over on all the compost then planting deep & healing found by adding a pole to help them as well.

I fell for the advertising of planting spuds for Christmas, complete waste of time.

"What is the benefit of Aspirin"

It stops them getting a headache when they grow to tall and bang their head on top of tunnel. (sorry count resist)

Perhaps if the buyers were not so particular with the shape of the product (example straight carrots) the farmes could could concentrate on growing better tasting product.

Seen greenhouse with scafolding netting over the outside. Would think with some bunjy/elastic in centre you could fold it back where needed.

Only been to plot once in past 3 weeks due to being laid up so only watering was from whatever rain we have had. Surprised at how well everything was brussels/ lettuce/spring onions/cabbages growing well in the netted tunnel. Scrapes on some onions, one bed of garlic has rust but main bed of peas gr...

That's good to hear thanks Retropants.

Garlic has rust on them, assume nothing I can do to save them.

If I pull them up & remove the leaves will they be edible or do I bin the lot?

Sent pm

Three weeks for replacements?
As seeds companies are struggling look at the smaller business found in the back of the magazine or ebay/amazon.

Check out local villages websites and see if they have a gardeners/allotment section or garden clubs most will have or know of spare plants around.

Have few greyhound cabbage if you want, have you checked out ebay though? Did a quick check and notice one company from Dorset that says "We are a small sustainable permaculture education centre, due to postponing all physical courses, we have a supplus of seeds and plants from our market garde...

I assume you are putting the canes inside the heating pipe, have you thought about attaching outside using cable ties?

Go direct to the CEO.

Do you have farm shops near you?

Ours have plenty of compost & plants.

If you look on page 94 of the June issue it tell you what to expect next month.

I too had 3 packets seeds with June issue.