Failed Winter Crops

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Wednesday 26 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike

In our veggie garden, we tend to concentrate on summer crops, such as various peppers, sweetcorn, and aubergines (eggplant). With no real winter, we find that the summer growing season can last from at least early April through to late November.

Some years we have managed to grow a few ‘winter’ crops, such as broccoli, white cabbage, red cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, radish, and beetroot. But not this past winter. We still had peppers growing into late November, instead of October, and with just 3 light frosts over the whole season, and a hell of a lot of serious rain, the winter veggies just gave up.

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CABBAGES & BROCCOLI – FAILED TO DO MUCH AT ALL

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RED CABBAGES – FAILED TO MAKE ANY HEARTS

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CAULIFLOWER – ALSO FAILED

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Perhaps the large white radish, carrots and beetroot will still be ok – that’s a month away – fingers crossed, but not overly hopeful.

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