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<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://veggies-only.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-season-begin.html">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p>At last there is light at the end of the tunnel! There are signs of Spring around all over the place!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/S2ysvNbSgQI/AAAAAAAADHY/rh_XwHpq0ZA/s1600-h/DSC06774.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/S2ysvNbSgQI/AAAAAAAADHY/rh_XwHpq0ZA/s400/DSC06774.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434908777387294978" /></a>These are some first early new <a title="potatoes" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/potatoes/">potatoes</a> <em><strong>‘Rocket’</strong></em> which I am leaving to chit in the garden shed. They should be frost free and in daylight. If you leave them in their bags they are likely to damage their shoots. If you keep them in the dark the shoots become white and spindly and break off. <em><strong>Rocket</strong></em> is the first early variety I choose to grow in a pot in the <a title="greenhouse" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/greenhouse/">greenhouse</a> for a special first picking.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/S2ysZ_iRP4I/AAAAAAAADHQ/vZsbcKzoVaU/s1600-h/DSC06777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CAbxtOKD8Tc/S2ysZ_iRP4I/AAAAAAAADHQ/vZsbcKzoVaU/s400/DSC06777.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434908412881223554" /></a>The variety of leek I am growing this year is the <em><strong>F1 hybrid </strong></em><em><strong>‘Oarsman’</strong></em>. I’ve not grown these before, but when I went to the RHS Autumn show at Wisley last year the man in the National Vegetable Society stall recommended this variety. <a title="Gardeners" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/gardeners/">Gardeners</a> tend to be creatures of habit, and everyone has heard of Mussleburgh leeks because they have been around for so long, they are what most people tend to grow..just because….Well, <em><strong>‘Oarsman’</strong></em> is a new, improved variety. It is supposed to stand right through Winter and be resistant to bolting and to leek rust. Only downside is….. I only get 40 seeds in the packet! daylight robbery! <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28615441-7113714989601998303?l=veggies-only.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_28131" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a28131" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a28131" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX28131X5X0XaXarticle_rater_28131Xarticle_loader_28131X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28131X4X0XaXarticle_rater_28131Xarticle_loader_28131X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28131X3X0XaXarticle_rater_28131Xarticle_loader_28131X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28131X2X0XaXarticle_rater_28131Xarticle_loader_28131X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX28131X1X0XaXarticle_rater_28131Xarticle_loader_28131X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_28131" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a28131">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
