Kitchen Garden Forum

I had to post this after a really disheartening week when all my cauli seedlings have died, some leeks have dampened off and to top it all my mini greenhouse broke free of its moorings scattering my broad beans, peas and chard everywhere when I've just spotted two asparagus spears about one inch high!!
Every cloud has a silver lining!!

Love your attitude June I think that there's always a silver lining - it's just that sometimes you have to look really hard to find it

I have one little spear peeking through, but then I'm a lot further south. This will be my first year harvesting it and I'm already really excited!

I haven't noticed but I'll go out tomorrow and have a look now I've read they're coming out as far north as Lancashire.

Hmm my asparagus is still resting.. No action for at least a month.. frost last night... and lots of rain in the past 2 months... 150metres above sealevel and Staffordshire Moorlands = no action.

But grass still needs to be cut!:-((((

There's no spears yet, but definite signs of disturbance and ground breaking up. Those little gems aren't far away!

Yes, Madasafish, grass and weeds growing strongly down here too.

Mine is still in bed up here in s yorks. Cannot wait though this year is its first year of full cropping having planted it 3 years ago. If i remember rightly i planted the mid season variety Gjinlim?

I was really surprised to have spears so early being so far north. I don't know whether it's helped but for the past couple of years we have mulched the bed with the contents of the tomato tubs in Autumn and fed them in Spring with seaweed feed. The mulch seems really thick at first but eventually beds down.
Anji, I bet you can't wait to try your first crop. I can still remember how much better the first crop we had tasted compared to anything you can buy. Trouble is, once you've tasted it you never want to go back to shop bought!!