I was debating whether to get some first earlies in yesterday, on a mild day as temperatures clawed their way above freezing, the sun came out and it got up to 60C in the greenhouse.
A single spud in a bucket inside has just popped its first green shoot above the surface. That reminded me I had a couple of rows of taters in by this time last year.
One of my neighbours was setting his well-chitted seed in drills, covering with soil and a layer of polythene to keep the frosts off emerging growth.
I decided to do same, getting as far as putting the sheet on part of a bed before realising how cold and damp the soil was and deciding to leave it for another week or two.
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