Tomato spoiler alert

I looked at the seedlings. The seedlings looked at me. Look guys, I know things haven't been ideal in here, but we need to get a move on.

Cold, dull days have left them failing to thrive with one or two exceptions. We're wasting valuable time.

So unlike last year, when I raised most of the tomato plants we grew from seed, I've been and bought a selection.

Now I have Big Boy and a grape tomato type, plus a few reserves, in the polytunnel; and four plants in the main greenhouse bed - a Big Boy, Black Russian and two plums.

I visited two garden centres without buying any - their plants didn't look much better than mine. The third had some real crackers, so I spent my hard-earned there.