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...a silver lining.
I covered my sprouts and kale with environmesh way back before the cabbage whites were about, but the strong winds pulled out the tent pegs and despite me then burying it all round, the damage was done, the blighters got in.
However, in between the brassicas I planted martock beans that had been holed by the bean weevils a couple of years back. The idea was to cut them down as a mulch. Well due to a period of ill health, the beans got taller and flowered before I could cut them down, but the mesh meant they didn't have access to pollen from other varieties, so I'm now going to let them mature and dry, then I'll have pure seed for using/swapping.
Sadly the green sprouts ran to seed
already, although the purple ones might make it. Very large snails have also come calling. We didn't meet up last year, I think it was too dry. The cabbage are not looking good, I think the compost heap might be the best use for them 
I did try getting some plants from the garden centre, but didn't see any point planting cabbage and cauliflower that were already flowering in their modules.
I covered my sprouts and kale with environmesh way back before the cabbage whites were about, but the strong winds pulled out the tent pegs and despite me then burying it all round, the damage was done, the blighters got in.
However, in between the brassicas I planted martock beans that had been holed by the bean weevils a couple of years back. The idea was to cut them down as a mulch. Well due to a period of ill health, the beans got taller and flowered before I could cut them down, but the mesh meant they didn't have access to pollen from other varieties, so I'm now going to let them mature and dry, then I'll have pure seed for using/swapping.
Sadly the green sprouts ran to seed
already, although the purple ones might make it. Very large snails have also come calling. We didn't meet up last year, I think it was too dry. The cabbage are not looking good, I think the compost heap might be the best use for them I did try getting some plants from the garden centre, but didn't see any point planting cabbage and cauliflower that were already flowering in their modules.
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