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a bit yellow and sickly - hopefully and quick potting on and some TLC will sort them out before planting. But mail order suppliers please note it's best to mark these parcels as plants or perishable or something - these plants arrived in a completely

plot, the cabbage white caterpillars have joined in. A number of my calabrese plants are barely alive, having been stripped down to the leaf ribs; they're crawling with the (admittedly rather pretty) yellow and black stripy caterpillars of the large

need the space, so I've ripped out the old curly green kale plants. They're well past their best. The trouble is that they're in full flower at the moment and look spectacular. Their bright lemon-yellow blooms are towering at head height and can be seen

and general steaming and sautéing. I've also been harvesting my second earlies. Charlotte is probably my favourite potato variety - it's a beautiful golden yellow, with firm, waxy flesh and it boils beautifully for new potatoes and potato salad. I can't wait

yellowed look on the leaves makes me think "get them out quick!" I acted quickly last year, cutting and disposing of the haulms and digging up the potatoes before the blight spread to them. I saved nearly my entire crop so I don't think I'll hang about