12 month Grow your own planting plans

mum_of_4 · 16 October 2008 at 4:05PM

Quite a few members have suggested i put this on here as it could be useful.

You can save loads of cash by growing your own fruit and veg

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=14781677#post14781677

I'm no expert but i have been able to grow enough veg to feed us more or less all year. I've saved thousands doing this although admit i'm lucky enough to have an allotment and people don't always have this option.

Anyway anyone who wants a copy of my planting plans i'm happy to email them if you pm me with your email address. The file is in excel theres a page for each month and it colour coded. Oct 08 - sep 09

As requested This is what I'm growing for 2009, some things i've grown before others are new to me.

Peppers (all realseeds)
Sunnybrook sweet pepper
Sweet Chocolate sweet pepper
Napia Red Pointy Pepper

Tomatoes
Latah (realseeds)
roma
money maker
million and thousands
(2 others but from saved seed and i can't remember the name)

Melon/squashes
Cucumber- Marketmore
Cucino (they are lunchbox size)
Melon - Minnesota Midget
Squash - crown Prince F1
butternut squash cobnut F1

Courgette defender
Pumpkin Mars F1

Beans & Peas
Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean (purple flowing climbing French bean)
Cupidon Bean (early bush French bean very long harvest period, all summer)
Borlotto beans (for drying)
Bush bean creso (yellow)
Runner beans - mix of sunset,desiree and lady di
Kelvedon wonder peas
Greensage peas
Canoe peas
Metor

Roots

Beetroot bolt hardy
carrots Amsterdam forcing
Nantes Frubund and Autumn king
Swede Virtue
Radish French Breakfast
Celeriac brillant
Parnips Gladiator

Onions
Spring onionslisbon spring and winter types
sets red baron and centurion
garlic thermidrome and solent white

Leeks musselbough and Bleu de Solaise (blue leek from realseeds)

Basil Finissimo (realseeds)
Mammoth Basil (real seeds)
Basil Genovese
Flat leaf parsley
Coriander
Oregano
Rocket
Sage
Thyme

sweetcorn sundance

Spinach

Calabrese quick heading (realseeds)
early sprouting broccoli Red arrow
sprouts sevon hills and sanda (both realseeds)
Cabbage Hipsi (spring)
Minicole F1 (Autumn)
Savoy rearguard (winter)
Cauliflower ????

What you can expect to harvest from your veg plot in December -saving loads of cash

Winter cabbage
Savoy cabbage
Kale
Early sprouting broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Leeks
Carrots
Swede
Celeriac
Celery
Jerusalem artichokes
Chinese artichokes
Chard
Winter cauliflowers
Parsnips
Salsify
Scorzonera

whilst in store you have potatoes,onions,shallots,beetroot,turnips,more swede and carrots.

In addition you fill have a freezer full of fruit, beans, peas, tomato sauce, peppers

SmlSave · 16 October 2008 at 4:12PM

The link doesn't seem to go anywhere I'm afraid

mum_of_4 · 16 October 2008 at 4:22PM

SmlSave wrote: »

The link doesn't seem to go anywhere I'm afraid

Sorry i have to email the plans if you want them so just pm me - i put the link to the thread as it explained what people having been asking for, but i'm not very good at links.Should i post the link to the thread rather than the post

Yategirl · 16 October 2008 at 8:01PM

have pm'd you

thanks

goony · 16 October 2008 at 10:34PM

Have pm'ed you

Many thanks

Yategirl · 17 October 2008 at 9:41AM

Mum of 4... ss recieved - plans look superb, I can't believe how organised you are!!! can I ask some questions please?

How big is your veggie plot? (this is pure nosiness!!!! lol! )

Do you have a list of how many plants you plant of each type per sqm? I always end up growing far more than I actually need (and hence give loads away)

I have a plan of my space so I really must sit down and make some planting plans! Are you quite fixed to your plan and clearing beds ready for next crop as indicated on the plan that month?

irishwexford · 17 October 2008 at 11:53AM

This would be ideal for our allotment plan but I do not have excel and do not know how to pm you either.

mum_of_4 · 17 October 2008 at 12:01PM

Yategirl wrote: »

Mum of 4... ss recieved - plans look superb, I can't believe how organised you are!!! can I ask some questions please?

How big is your veggie plot? (this is pure nosiness!!!! lol! )

Do you have a list of how many plants you plant of each type per sqm? I always end up growing far more than I actually need (and hence give loads away)

I have a plan of my space so I really must sit down and make some planting plans! Are you quite fixed to your plan and clearing beds ready for next crop as indicated on the plan that month?

It's actually 90ft long (the front isn't shown on the plan as i have manure and a row of painted tyres in that area). I also have another area on the plot next to mine that I'm always offered the use of by a really kind man and that's about 11 x 8 ft but as i don't like to assume i will get the use of this i just plant whatever i need to there. At home I grow stuff in pots and have an area of 10ft x 16ft which i can protect from the chickens.

All in all i guess it would be about the same area of a 10 rod plot. Part of the plot is undercover so i can make massive use of the height this summer i had cherry tom's in hanging baskets and trailing around the roof bars i had three cucumber plants, squash and a melon.

Winter onions i would expect to put at least 100 sets in to assume some failures. Spring sown onion sets at least 300 with about 50 - 100 shallots.
garlic i expect to plant 60 cloves. spring cabbage 20, 30 swedes, 2 courgettes, tom's 40 -50 plants,peas i've allowed enough room for my 2300 pea seeds and if i've misjudged the space I will sow/plant later iun the year in another area. carrots i just sow and sow, i allow space for them and sow them to fill gaps i also do this with beets too. Beans - 40 purple french beans and 40 runner beans, 20 borlotti, 20 dwarf and this year i have some yello waxy type beans that someone has sent me.

Parsnips i just sow as many as i can as they are tough to predict on success this year doesn't look to bad I say i'm going to end up with a good few kg's already pulled some early ones.

Squash - i sow about 10 plants aiming to get at least 5/6 good strong plants to get 2/3 good fruit from each. Sow several melon seeds to get to good plants.

Leeks that are a love of mine at least 100 plants. Can't grow calabrese am going to give it another go this year. or caulflowers with much success but can grow the sprouting broccoli and would have at least 10 summer sprouting and 10 -15 spring plants

Josh i hope the above helps

Kaz2904 · 17 October 2008 at 12:11PM

Irishwexford, to pm someone just click on their user name and select send private message.

mum_of_4 · 17 October 2008 at 12:35PM

Yategirl wrote: »

Are you quite fixed to your plan and clearing beds ready for next crop as indicated on the plan that month?

I try to stick to it only because with having to take my toddler with me when i go to the plot in the week i need to be very focused in what has to be done. When ever i have a bit of spare space i'll sow extra carrots, beetroot or even spinach. The plan is also about keeping one step ahead, having the next crop treading to plant/sow when i harvest and clear a bed - to really make use of the space.

I started with just my garden and you'll be amazed at what you harvest from just a couple of pots and raised beds.

A also have dotted around the plot some flowers to attract the bee's.

Frugal_Mouse · 17 October 2008 at 12:52PM

Thank you mum of 4 for emailing your plans. It all looks so organised! It will be a great start for my new veggie plot.

FM

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