Thank you so much this is a truly lovely comment to read☺️☺️

Lol we're supposed to be having a heatwave while simultaneously having more days of rain than ever recorded for the summer (55 days of rain are predicted). It hasn't been above ~55F in my area, bar maybe once or twice. I almost put my winter coat on a few days ago.....😐

Weirdly the Met Office claimed that last May was the warmest on record! June is bound to beat records!!!

@@MrsBrit1 it's supposed to be 95F (35c) here in the Memphis, Tennessee USA area. Summer has come to the southern United States. Only can garden in the mornings and late afternoons. Too hot in the mid-day. No sweaters are being worn here now.

I'm coastal western US at 52° low up to 68° daytime...I don't plant any of this stuff until late July early August . My carrots winter over and I pick in the spring. Same with tomatoes. Our weather pattern makes it pointless to plant the broad leaf things like squashes until August due to the heavy fog. Everything gets mildewed. We make it to the mid to upper 70s by then. Late September to early October we get a couple of days in the 90s

Nothing grows quickly here, its too cold, we have had to relight the rayburn and wear big coats outside in Derbyshire.

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Same, here! I'm from WA

I lost 6 patches of onions amongst others 😔 Highly recommend Asturian tree cabbage and Celtus as less know crops, both have proved more wet and dry weather tolerant than normal cabbage/kale or lettuce in my very wet patch of wales! They’ve both grown fast enough to outpace slugs if planted out a decent size 🤩

Same. North Yorkshire here and just nothing is happening. Plus no polytunnel here. Literally seeding into the ground this week and just fingers crossed. Luckily premier seeds is a cheap as chips

My biggest problem has been slugs. I have done copper tape, egg shells, nematodes, straw bales for planters but they have decimated all my beans, my companion marigolds, morning glories and killed a whole pot of mint off! I didn't think anything stopped mint.

@@Gr33nRach same. Literally stripped everything bare. I have courgette plant stems left. The lack of heat, the amount of rain. Slugpocalypse haha

Yes! Any legume/pulse will work from what I’ve heard. Spices/herbs as well. The seeds readily grow. I planted fava and chickpeas from storebought beans. In the states I never see dried peas…only split peas for soup. Have to investigate 🤔

Yeah, me too. From a big order of organic dried peas that were nearly 2 years old. I've got peas. Plenty of them. Nice manageable height too, less than 1m.

@@emkn1479 I ordered dry green peas. There just weren`t enough in little seed packs.

"Corinna" is the fastest variety I know of that's available in Germany, it is supposed to take 75-90 days until maturity. Can't share more information sadly, I'm growing it for the first time this year. Edit: "Sunita" is as early as Corinna, but more on the starchy side!

Hello 👋

Same. Radish are supposed to be so easy to grow and year after year I can't get a decent one 😄

Me too. All leaf, no root

I done brilliant with cherry bell this year , I think the cold weather and rain helped!

This is so interesting!! I have tried radishes so many times in different ways but always with the same result-big tops, no bottoms. I gave up because I figured I was just bad at it. Everyone seems to be able to grow them. Glad that maybe it’s not just me!!

Same problem for me, they go straight to seed, I eat the seed pods instead. Also in South Wales 😮

Is that tested/measured protein or 'estimated' from crude nitrogen content?

Frontiers suggests the leaves have around 23-40% protein (Sth African study) but that was based on N content. Still a pretty high value though.

Swift new potatoes

I’d be interested in this too. Alys Fowler doesn’t bother (and often lets them just sprawl on the ground too) and believes the plants are stronger for it.

The micro greens?

kale, brussel sprouts, purple sprouting, perpetual beet

Parsnips or is it too late? What do y'all think?

Probably however give it a go nothing to lose

I get lots of flea beetle, especially when the local farmers grow sugar beet / fodder beet. 3 years ago, planted both "normal" rocket and a mix that included wild rocket (yellow flowers). I've had wild rocket ever since. Everywhere. Even when it's super dry weather. Maybe even especially then! I don't rule out I've now got some kind of hybrid with another wild brassica or feral rapeseed (because there's plenty of that floating about here too...). I just know that it grows even into hot weather especially if I regularly harvest (cut down short). Wild rocket is kick-@ss in flavour - if you don't like it REALLY peppery, then it's not for you! (I love that).

Can’t help with flee beetles, never had to deal with them but I’ve found it pretty resistant to pests and weather changes, has a stronger flavour too. Hairy bittercress is another wild plant that tastes very similar to rocket and watercress and grows readily, just as nice and not bitter unless flowering. I’ve transplanted some that have popped up as weeds and in good compost they get much bigger than typical. Slugs don’t touch it!

I got the seeds in a mix of 'wild salad'.

I've grown it from seeds and never had a problem, not even in 95° F where I live. But I can't grow radish or carrots to save my life and I typically have a green thumb. 🤷‍♀️

@@kirstypollock6811 thanks, I just ordered some. Especially since I’ve seen it can be a perennial if the weather is right. I love a peppery bite and love low maintenance and self seeders even more! Also once I looked into it and I’m sure I’ve grown it before. For anyone interested, the two different genera are diplotaxis (wild) and eruca (cultivated), from what I could find.

Your phone and your computer screen also have settings. I don't see blue filter on his videos here on mine.

​@@ArtemisSilverBowit is you propably miss it

Here it s green fingers