My bright purple Orach has reared its head about 2 weeks after planting.
They are looking very healthy and bright – but I think I may need to get some more netting to protect them from the local pests. I have built a few more frames to staple the netting to but need to get hold of some more netting.
I’ll take some pictures next time I get to go up to the allotment.

8th July – Picked a small bunch of the Orach leaves for a salad yesterday – along with the Rocket, Perpetual Spinach and Rocket – it made a great salad mix – went well with some some of my dressing and a sprinkle of roasted Pumpkin seeds and Parmesan cheese.

Here is how the Orach is currently looking – and I have just read that it will produce leaves until the first frosts and that it will grow to about 1m tall and can self seed if the seeds are left to dry out.

Made a triangular brassica cover over the weekend. I had a few frames already made up – so just needed to join them together at a right angle with a few end rails and some blocks at the top.
Hopefully this will prevent the butterflies from laying their eggs on them this year. If the brassicas get too big I may have to make a squarer one – but at this stage this will be fine.
I have no idea how long I should be keeping the netting on – is it all the time – or are caterpillars only laying eggs during certain months.?

Transplanted a few brassicas at the weekend.
2 rows of Savoy Cabbages, a row of Purple Sprouting broccoli and a row of Brussel Sprouts. I have made every effort to protect these from the slugs and wind and birds by placing a net over them – although it was a bit of a rushed last minute affair as I was leaving.