I hate the middle to end of January as I am usually fed up by now with not really being able to get outside and do anything. Even my free-draining sandy soil is too wet to dig. This is when my polytunnel starts to come into its own. Just one hour in there sowing can restore my sanity.
When I went 
in what little stuff that I had was not doing too badly. The spring cabbages are a little droopy but they will recover and there are some winter lettuces that have sat there since October and will be great. The rogue parsley and red mustard are of course doing quite well.
I did sow beetroot, rainbow chard, mizuna and peas in the tunnel. I expect the peas will have been dug up tomorrow by the mice. I have tried all sorts of coverings and protections but nothing seems to work. I am afraid it might have to be the traps this year if I end up sowing them more than twice.
I don’t like the ideas of soaking them in smelly stuff so has anyone got any other ideas that I could try?
Pot and Plot 
