#gardenNotes 180 words

first winter night-freeze coming here soon - chart⬇️. the horta garden already pretty despondent from several storm-bashings and long periods of heavy overcast rot-inducing damp.

a few strawbs still ripening under polythene.

favas flowering tho about 5% are rotting, helped by the storms snapping them.

parsnips and beets still with lots of leaf.

#1 challenge is ¿can I keep the overwinter-test #edibleLupins alive? started in stages from october. the ones that have been under polythene have their leaves open; the others keeping them /folded/. suspect direct frost would kill them. early summer heat does too, hence the winter test.

peas lurking in last years sweetcorn debris, waiting to explode at first hint of spring: this is what some self-sown escapes did well at last year, so I set a bed up for it.

portuguese walking stick sweet cabbage etc has been slow to recover from heat/fire.

otherwise, building a polytunnel in weather breaks. using bundles of young fire-killed pines as hoops.

you want a photo of something, shout: to my eyes, none of it photogenic enough

#growYourOwn #climateDiary #horta