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Wow,  my peppers are biding their time and two early pods succumbed to slugs that made holes, then the weather shrivelled them to a crisp.  This is great Jang.  I know you started a bit earlier than I did, because you have additional lights.  But even so.  Congratulations.  Super photo.   

Both seem very early and prolific

Quote from: galina on June 30, 2026, 19:15:09Thank you for the Mogette beans.  Had four pods last night, young they are an excellent green bean and they are really early too. 

Interesting. I grew them last year but didn't try them as a green bean as I had them firmly in mind as a dried variety.
I guess many beans are good green if picked young.
That's certainly early. My only pickings so far are from in my polytunnel. I picked six very young beans of the commercial variety Cupidon.

For earliness I'm delighted with both of the purple fruited peppers contributed by juliev, Buena Mulata, a medium hot chilli and Marconi Purple, a sweet one.

Thank you for the Mogette beans.  Had four pods last night, young they are an excellent green bean and they are really early too. 

I know this is an old topic, but I've seen plenty of bees and other insects on the dandelion flowers...

I am saddened to see how "cheap" and easily available weedkiller is (supermarkets, cheapo stores).

I do like that early flush of Dandelions, such a cheerful colour on a drab spring (or even winter) day.

Bees have been loving my chive flowers, and now the toadflax is in bloom, they love them. They also loved the ocean of forget-me-not weeds covering my plot in April/early May.

Some of the bushes have branches without leaves... looking bare... but plenty of fruit.... however, now my blackbirdies are stripping the currants now... not even ripe. I'm blaming the RSP on their advice about summer feeding.

Recently discovered slug golf!

Can't remember where I read about it, but ages back, used bran to tempt the slugs away from our wanted plants.

https://awaytogarden.com/a-spectrum-of-colorful-podded-peas-with-peace-seedlings/

And interesting artice featuring a number of the peas that have been shared in this seed circle.

I've been using loo roll inners for beans and sweetcorn..

The ultimate biodegradable pots without the cost is of course making your own pots from newspaper.  Doesn't have the big problem that roots can't so easily break through, although at planting out time, make sure the rim of the paper pot is under the soil or tear it off if it is not.  No need at all to buy the formers, I use small bottles of the right size to make my own, when I use them.  In the video, the lady uses a glass, whatever provides the right size pot you need.  They don't hold together on their own very well, so I place several of them into one of those plastic fruit containers from the supermarket.  The ones that have holes in the base already. 

Here is the video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_x6OSKQr4o&t=117s

These are the supermarket punnets that I place my paper pots in  https://www.shopler.co.uk/blog/why-fruit-punnets-are-the-supermarkets-bestselling-packaging/?srsltid=AfmBOop4xOvX3eqQ3YBPV2GBunKged1WZXImGqYdf-4NlWe5vN97ptyo