How Does your Garden Grow?

I hope you are all suitably impressed that:

a)  the sun was shining yesterday (despite the official forecasts for sleet and rain)
b) my veg patch is looking exceedingly healthy!

I know I probably bore everyone to tears, but I am excited to see that many of my experimental sowings are doing well and following the mantra 'live long and prosper'.  Well, so far!  It is good to see verdant growth in the garden when everything else is turning brown or curling up into hibernation mode.  However, that is not to say that there haven't been a few disasters - for example,  the potatoes which were planted (as instructed) at the beginning of September had to be hastily dug-up and burnt because of the dreaded blight.  All the experts emphasise that as the blight {Phytophthora infestans] spores can live in the soil for a long time and can spread dramatically and leave devastation in its wake, then burning the offending tubers and foliage is the only way to combat it.  The same strain can affect tomatoes too....so we struck a light in the fire-bowl!