Given the difference in spelling, I think jokes that play on the identical sound of leek and leak probably don’t work so well in written form. Regardless, I’m pleased to have got the some of the leeks I started from seed back in February planted out at the allotment:

Those ones are in a cover I finished constructing this morning, which will give them protection if the temperatures drop very low (4° predicted as an overnight minimum one night this coming week) and from any flying insects which might want to lay their grubs in the stems a little bit later in the season. Along with the 13 leeks inside the frame, I’ve got another 7 outside it – potentially extra crop and also a control to see if the cover makes much difference.

I’ve also got another 20 which I brought back home – some might go down the end of the garden and others to a friend. It’s good to clear some space in the polytunnel as I’ve got more plants coming on, crying out for attention, and others wanting to go out there from indoors or to be started from seed.