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Potatos ready
The Newton Flotman School garden has coninued to flourish over the holidays. The late sowing of the runner beans has paid off fas they are coming in to maximum production ready for the school term to begin and the kitchens to benefit. Likewise, the potatos are superb. The green tops of the plants have mostly browned off now, but luckily there has been no evidence of blight.
Caterpillars!
Unfortunately, the brassicas have not faired as well. During the week of my own holiday, the cabbage white butterflies did their worst laying millions of eggs all over the leaves. The caterpillars which emerged from these eggs have stripped the whole plants. All that is left of the broccoli, cabbages and cauliflowers, not to mention the remaining radishes and salad crops, are the sketetons. The lesson to be learnt here is that protective measures need to be taken, either netting the plants or using sprays at the right time to destroy the munching menaces.
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