"Broadback" wrote
In the next 2 weeks I will need to buy veg, what a failure. That is even
taking into account the ones I have frozen. What fresh veg fills the gap
from now until first cropping? Sadly my wife does not enjoy purple
sprouting broccoli, is there anything else please?

We are still cropping Winter Cabbage "Tundra" and Savoys, the Broccoli
"Christmas Marvel" (Not purple sprouting) only got dug out last week and
could have gone on longer if cropped more often, and our spring cauliflowers
"Walcheren Winter Armardo April" have their first head showing.
These winter Cauli's are the easiest and best to grow, no insects about
while they are growing, nice clean heads with no need for any sprays.
Try sowing some carrots quite late and leave them in the ground, yes they
will start to resprout but they are still usable for some while, again, only
dug ours out last week (Except for the ones I want to flower for seed...
"Long Red Surrey").

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London