Saturday was a pleasant sunny day with a decent amount of sunshine but somehow didn't feel like the middle of summer. Overnight it was cold for the time of year once again.
We've still got plenty of seedlings in our cold frame growing on waiting to be transplanted in the plot. It’s all too easy to lose these precious seedlings to our ravenous snail population. The copper tape has done its job for a couple of weeks so I’ve splashed out and purchased some copper treated fabric for hopefully the ultimate in slug and snail protection.
Our latest batch of lettuce seedlings have survived attack from the slugs and snails so far and are growing well in the cold frame. I've some calabrese plants growing well along with some Sweet Williams seedlings which will soon be ready for transplanting. We've also a late crop of French Beans just germinating as our early sowings are very disappointing probably due to the dry weather. It’s just about time to be sowing some spring cabbages too which will be germinated in the cold frame where they can receive a bit of extra attention over sowings in the plot.
My seedlings are now in trays supported by plastic buckets which are placed on the protective matting so any prospective slugs or snails have a tricky journey to make over the matting to get their night time meal.
I’ll keep an update of how this trial is progressing.
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