Washing
After careful humming and hawing over insecticides, we decided to take the nobler course of action and bathe the insects off our plants.
A few days ago I noticed that some of the plants inside had discolouration on the leaves:
After putting this out to the crowds on Twitter, I got a number of hepful replies. In [...]

After a week away in chilly Washington DC, the balcony seems positively quite balmy. The plants disagree. With little growth or progress, I decided I might try a bit of transplanting to help their cause.
Kale on right (85% sure):

Without too much compost reserves, I decided to reuse the ex sunflower and salad leaves containers. The [...]

After reading a lot of blogs and online articles, I’m not convinced my winter defiance plan is going to work but I have resolved to soldier on regardless. This evening I thinned out the kale and lettuce and they seem fine. 2 inches seems like a good return for a week and a bit. I [...]