March Update: What are you growing in 2006?

serena

Hi Alfietinker,

wow! Congrats on the weight loss! :j I bet that dress looked terrific!

I would have thought that the leeks and carrots should have been up by now.
It has however been very cold here, and I haven't even thought of sowing anything much yet. My module sown round carrots, beetroot and spring onions are in my frostfree greenhouse, and sitting on a propagator base to keep them growing slowly. I have another unheated greenhouse, and sowed lettuces a couple of weeks ago, but nothing up yet.

I would try resowing in the next couple of weeks. Are the carrots in a container which they will stay in? If you were thinking of transplanting them, it would be better to wait and sow them direct. The leeks can just be desperately slow growing, but they should be showing within three weeks from sowing I would think.

I was thinking of going down to the allotment this morning, but there's a lazy east wind, and it is just not very encouraging, perhaps I shall potter in my sunny and cosy greenhouse instead!

serena

Hi Purple Princess,

sorry for not replying sooner, but I have just been so busy this week!

I am not sure how much light your windowsill gets, but if it is quite bright, then you should be able to have pots of herbs, like the ones that you can buy from the supermarkets. You can sow your own as well. Try basil, parsley, chives or coriander. You could try lettuce to cut as loose leaves. Mustard and cress will grow in small tubs (margarine tubs are great), may not be sophisticated, but hey, it's still Vitamin C.

How about sprouting seeds? You can do this in a jar, rinse them daily. You would do better to get info on this elsewhere, as I haven' tried doing it!

Alfietinker

Hi Serena :hello: You replied to an earlier post of mine about how to plan my veg growing - and I've been following your advice dilligently I've got a chart with all my seeds, when they should be sown/transplanted/harvested and where/when they are going to grow. It's still too cold to sow much else here - I was a little enthusiastic earlier I think but still, they're still alive so I can't complain. I'm going to sow some more tomatoes next week to see if they catch up - if they do then I won't try sowing so early next year.

Well, I've been to the greenhouse today and the carrots are just starting to appear! (I'm not transplanting them - I just thought I'd attempt an early crop as it's so cold here) No sign of the leeks - I think I'll give them another week and then try again.

Not much gardening today as we've moved our currant bushes to build a chicken run instead - it will be a proper kitchen garden now

silverelephant

We have a rather large and unkempt back garden and I would love to turn part of it into a little vegetable patch. Cheap and organic veggies on demand!

However I am no gardener (notice the "unkempt" comment above :rolleyes: ) and don't have a clue about when things should be planted, have I left it too late for this year?

Also if you have any tips on the easiest things to grow (something I can't easily kill would be good :rotfl: ) as I have in the past managed to kill a cactus and they're meant to be so EASY :rotfl:

:embarasse Have also killed fuschia, coriander, parsley, thyme and lavender in the last year :embarasse

moggins

I hope it's not too late as I haven't done anything yet, it's far too cold

I watched a gardening programme yesterday and there was a lot said about how long it's taken for spring to arrive, one of the experts said not to worry as everything in the garden will catch up. I'm hoping to get the garden dug today and at least get to my huge bags of compost to get some seeds going.

FunkyFairy

I need to plant my seeds. I have already planted some tomatoes and chillis. I need to pot my potatoes, carrots and cucumbers. I have brought other seeds can not remember what they are now lol

No i dont think it is to late.

silverelephant

Thanks guys - now just need to work out what I'm going to attempt to grow

moggins

One thing I found last year that was really easy to grow and I got a great crop from it was perpetual spinach. You just pick what you want and let it carry on growing. I was a completely novice gardener last year and it was a big learning curve, this year I plan to put into practice what lessons I learned.

squeaky

I too am only just about ready to start things off this year after spring's late arrival.

We have a main series of threads on growing your own vegetables this year and so I'll add this thread onto it.

Browsing from the beginning will help those of you who have not found this thread yet

samnmalc

silverelephant wrote:

Thanks guys - now just need to work out what I'm going to attempt to grow

Try courgettes..they are dead easy to grow and will keep you very well supplied with fruit !
Just keep the pesky slugs off them whilst they are small and you should be fine!;)