Bloody weather part 2; surprising spuds; recycling vivaldi

So the annoying weather continues - where a couple weeks back we were having killer frosts, now we're facing a dry spell of overcast, chilly weather - so much so that Oxfordshire has been on Farming Today... does mean that some of the crops which would like a little warmth and rain (i.e. spring weather...) are suffering a little.

Anyhow this is putting some stress on our onions causing them to bolt:

Just cut the flower spikes off... same is true of the garlic but apparently as this is a hard neck variety this is not the end of the world - though I cut the flower off anyway.

We're also starting to find spuds coming up everywhere i.e.:

These are from last year's rather lousy crop which clearly escaped the reach of our garden tools... anyhow just cut the heads off these as well in the hope of keeping some of our onion crop. On a more positive note the main spud crop is looking well:

We've also put in a couple of sprouted Vivaldi spuds from Sainsbury's from the back of the cupboard:

Popped them into a carrier of soil though still waiting for them to show themselves...