"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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We're eating (outdoor) potatoes, lettuce and rhubarb. But I've had
the worst-ever year for seed germination in the open garden; the peas
and broad beans are just pathetic, rocket even worse, and I have a
grand total of 4 sweetcorn plants. Runner beans are sitting at the
bottom of their wigwam playing dumb; yesterday I tied them all to their
stake to give them a clue.

Yes, I got five runner bean plants only - saved seed sown in the greenhouse
and planted out some weeks ago, well watered and protected. One is about
three feet high, two rather less, one having to be shown what to do and one
sulking. And they're usually the most reliable crop :-(

I haven't sown in the open since we got the greenhouse, we only need a few
plants of each kind so I have more control over numbers if it's done
indoors. I do get over enthusiastic about tomatoes though ...

Mary