I had a lot of difficulty getting mine to germinate this year but now they’re going they’re looking alright. After about 5 years of pea failures, either from wind damage or animal and birds stripping them, I now grow them in a poly tunnel. It’s just one of those cheap Outsunny ones with the plastic cut down half way for wind protection and then covered with bird netting. It’s not my favourite style of growing but I do love my mushy peas so it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make!

I’m going to be installing an electroculture system on my allotment this autumn. I get slugs, snails, black fly, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, mice and ants as the main culprits on my allotment. I’m keeping a journal so next year I will be able to report back any findings in pest reduction from my electroculture adventure if anyone is interested.

I’m having trouble with my broccoli bolting. I’ve lost about five of them to seed. They really don’t like this up and down weather.

I used one of the nema products. I think it was the one for black fly. It didn’t really help and I found out afterwards that it only really works well in an enclosed area as the nemas tend to wander off. I did read an interesting article about planting wildflowers. It was concerned with large scale farming but the found that if farmers planted wildflowers not just around the edge of their fields but through the centre as well it had a marked reduction in pest problems by encouraging predators of pests into the area. If you’re able to have a pond then frogs and newts are great slug hunters. I have one on my allotment and they act as my night watchmen.

I used to make that! I tried the keto diet for vegetarians and a lot of the recipes I used were made with cauliflower rice. My favourites were the cauliflower quesadillas and cheesy cauliflower garlic bread. It’s really versatile. 😊