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of the prolonged cold remains to be seen, yet I’m convinced that the aphids starting breeding earlier than ever this year. My dwarf runner beans, growing in massive pots, were the first victims, followed by the overwintering geraniums and pelargoniums

't enough aphids for them to eat. There were hundreds of them - mating adults, eggs, larvae and pupae ready to hatch. There were native two-spots and seven-spots, and the foreign harlequins in their many guises. It was like one giant ladybird party

or Kenya.I sowed the delicious variety ‘Purple Tee-Pee’ 15cm apart in large, 60cm pots, filled with recycled compost from earlier sowings and the dregs of various bags that were lying around. The pot was situated on the path of my greenhouse