A quick look in the greenhouse shows most of the seeds are sprouting nicely. The Green Magic broccoli has shot up and died, as have the sprouts. Everything else looks fine.
Outside, the first leaves are starting to sprout on the gooseberries and loganberries. The raspberry canes have buds on, but no leaves sprouting yet.
The rhubarb crown under the plum trees has sprouted 4 leaves up to 5" wide, with stems of about 3" long. The large rhubarb crown in the pot behind the greenhouse is not far behind. This time last week they had only just started to sprout. Other rhubarb crowns are not sprouting just yet.
The peas are looking ok - they all seem to be alive, but not upright yet. Maybe they just need a bit more time and good weather to sit upright more?
The garlic cloves have started to sprout. It looks like a fox might have had a dig around in one end of the tub, but I smoothed it out and replanted the garlic cloves. Garlic is supposedly better when it's sown in autumn as the frosts will cause the bulb to split into cloves, so we'll see what we get from these spring sown ones. I'll plant more in autumn.
The tomatoes and peppers I've sown for sale at the Scouts Easter Fair are doing ok. They are still indoors in the plug cells and need potting on tomorrow.
It's all looking good so far!
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