chalyse
Thanks for replying, festive...yes, I do like the sound of that, if I squint really hard... yes the garden looks festive, not tacky.
The fabric did not seem to receive very good reviews for frost protection, but you said you had very windy conditions, and I think that makes all the difference. It did receive very good reviews for providing early growth for plants, and the insect protection is of great interest to me for the vegetable garden.
So the decision is still out on weather or not the early protection actually results in earlier bloom? That totally baffles me about the uncovered plant sending up the early bloom stalk, seems it should have been the reverse. Does that plant normally bloom extra early? Weird. So is it possible that would actually have been the only scape sent up on that plant this year, hope not?