Yesterday, I sowed a tray of leek seeds - varieties 'Musselburgh', 'Long de Meziers' and some seed that I saved from leeks that a friend had given me two summers ago. I don't know what the variety was, but they hadn't had a long enough growing season and I just left them in the ground. Last summer they grew beautiful big seedheads so I eventually cut some and had them in a vase in my hall. After a few weeks I began to notice seeds falling from them and ended up collecting them from the seed head. So I've planted some to see what happens!
I also planted some cauliflower seeds - varieties 'Autumn Giant' and 'Mayflower'. Last summer I had varying success with cauliflower. This is a picture of the first one that flowered . The ones that came after this one weren't so perfect-looking - In fact some of them had pinkish florets. They looked as if they had been watered with Ribena!
Anyway, I know it might be a bit early to sow these, especially this far north, but I'll nurture the seeds and once they're through, I'll move them from the house to the potting shed to the polytunnel and if we're going to get a decent summer this year I'll then get them outside! That's the plan anyway. 
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