12 month Grow your own planting plans

Rainbowchild

Thanks for the plan, can't wait to get started!

JAMIEDODGER

thanks for the plan, very helpful:) hope you have a great growing 2009!

Katkin_2

Thanks for the plan. Looks really useful. Have a small plot but hope to grow more this year. Getting excited now as planting is just around the corner!

mum_of_4

Lots of cooking to do, chocolates to make and wrapping to be done so just incase i don't have time.

I'd like to wish you all Happy Christmas

:santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :xmassign:

just think at your next Christmas dinner you might only have to buy the Turkey and sausages as the rest will be home grown.

tranquil_2

Many thanks for sending me your plans. You look very organised. As an absolute beginner hopefully this will give me an idea of what I should be planting when and how best to get abit of variety!

Once again thank you for the time and trouble in sending the plans to so many people.

milliemonster

Hi mumof4, I have pm'd you this morning

mum_of_4

Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Depending on where you are you can start to think about sowing some early carrots if you can give them some protection. Fleece etc. you could also start to think about early pea's. These could be sown in sections of drainpipe or loo roll innersand planted outside when warmer.
Sprouts - if you can get your head around this, start thinking about sprouts. They have a very long growing season and need to be sown around February time. You can get one type to harvest from September and then a later cropping one for say around December.

Think about covering planting areas with black plastic to warm the soil.

I will start to catch up with all the pm's during today.

I thought i might show you my leftover food menu plans, leeks are used a lot! This has been my first Christmas using all my own veg. Potatoes will be finished this week or next so i will have to start buying them. I've been searching my recipe books and online for ideas. The meals I'm going to freeze I will make two, if there is enough meat. The rest of the turkey will be frozen into 400g portions. The ham is dated until the 4th January but I may freeze some as i have just over kilo left. Depending on how much turkey meat I may get another two meals out of it. So all in all only milk and fruit to buy in the next few weeks.


[strike]Christmas Day lunch[/strike]
[strike]Boxing day cold meats and left overs from CD loads of bubble and squeak[/strike]
Ham with boozy cranberry & mushroom sauce
[strike]Turkey tetrazza pasta dish [/strike]
Ham and blue cheese tart
[strike]Sherried turkey & ham bake[/strike]
Ham & leek cannelloni
[strike]Ham egg and chips[/strike]
Turkey,ham & leek pie (F)
Ham and blue cheese tart
[strike]Leek, potato & ham flip-over pie (F)[/strike]
[strike]Turkey wraps (mixed peppers,red onion and turkey in a H/M spice mix)[/strike]
carbonara pasta
[strike]Turkey and parsnip curry (F)[/strike]
.......and of course Loads of turkey soup

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i know this is going to sound a bit silly maybe but has it got to be black plastic? as i have a roll of thick blue plastic, which is used for a damp coarse lining which i am not going to use for anything else

mum_of_4

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

i know this is going to sound a bit silly maybe but has it got to be black plastic? as i have a roll of thick blue plastic, which is used for a damp coarse lining which i am not going to use for anything else

Should be fine, black or dark plastic will keep the sunlight out so it warms up but the weeds can't grow you could use clear plastic but again light will get through. Even fleece is better than nothing.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

mum_of_4 wrote: »

Should be fine, black or dark plastic will keep the sunlight out so it warms up but the weeds can't grow you could use clear plastic but again light will get through. Even fleece is better than nothing.

thanks that is going to be job for this afternoon... while hubby and the kids carry on cutting down a huge buddliea tree on the waste ground right by our garden wall... it casts a huge shadow over part of the garden where we will be taking up the slabs and removing a huge greenhouse which is to big for the garden...and has loads of glass missing , this is where we will be putting a new raised bed...( well sectioning it with bricks..lol...

this is them yesturday doing a bit...lol...