As someone pointed out, somewhere, possibly twitter, maybe even in an actual conversation, the great benefit to having ordered celeriac seeds is that they like wet summers, thereby guaranteeing EITHER an unusually dry summer OR, at least, lots of celeriac.
Unfortunately what they failed to anticipate was the third alternative which was that the celeriac would all get munched by the slugs – the last one gave up the ghost yesterday – during the course of the wettest summer since the history of time, or last year, depending on your perspective. This was partly my fault because I didn’t plant them out before we had our one week of hot dry weather and we went away for the weekend so they weren’t looking too clever when I did get them out in the beds and then they all succumbed one by one to either damping off or being chomped. Either way, it means I have a whole bed left empty and it’s a bit late to start sowing most things now. Any suggestions for late starting crops that like a soggy climate? Watercress? Rice? Water Hyacinth?
Still, looking on the bright side, she says determinedly, at least it turns out that buzzards don’t like to fly in the rain. Cyclists don’t particularly like to cycle in the rain either, but it’s – just – preferable to being swooped upon by an enraged bird and I made it to the papershop and back today soggy but unscathed. I have to take my win-wins where I can find them, these days…
That is a shame, I’m a big fan of celeriac, but I’ve never tried to grow it.
John
Just passing – Hi! Well done for keeping at it.