growing own veggies in bags and pots (Merged)

Miss_Bubbles

I caught the grow bug last year! I'd never even tried to grow from seed so imagine my surprise when everything grew!
I wasnt silly about it tho,i only grew what i knew we needed: potatoes,onions,runner beans,broccoli,dwarf beans,salad tomatoes,cherry tomatoes,peas,carrots,parsnips and a selection of herbs!
I only have a small garden so had to use pots and bags, really didnt expect a large crop. I started off from seed in my greenhouse/shed (a work shed with a bench and a glass roof-so i can do diy and grow veggies-two birds one stone!) and then planted them out when they got bigger.
As theres only two of us (me and my 3yr daughter) i froze the extra vegetables and managed to use them over the last few months instead of buying, i also used the extra tomatoes to make up pasta sauces and froze them too! The herbs i dried out,grounded and stored-still loads left over!
Will be growing again this year and lots more varieties

saveman

Posted this on the strawberry planter one and thought it relevant for here.
A nice strawberry herb planter is at gardening leprechaun .com
I have a voucher code for them jan sale for 30% off dont know if it'll work on this but it did on the item I bought from them

Browntoa

savemans own web site , reported to abuse

Davesnave

Browntoa wrote: »

savemans own web site , reported to abuse

It's stretching credibility a bit far to describe it as a 'Gardening' Web Site too!

Times are hard. There must be thousands out there, just dying to send off hard-earned money to some twopenny outfit based in someone's garage.:rolleyes:

LilacPixie

what does everyone thing best, seed or little plants?? Thinking of growing tomato, strawberries, beetroot, and carrots/leeks if possible and some salad greens

zarazara

ui think little plants. personal preferance really. BTW what does MFW mean in your signature ?

LilacPixie

Mortgage free wanabee. I'm attempting to clear my whole mortgage

TheCheapFashionista

oops_a_daisy wrote: »

I actually have space at the side of my house that would make a brilliant veggie patch ( only gets sun in the morning though ) but the ground is solid clay and I think the only way that I could turn it into a veggie patch would be to get a digger in and remove the clay/soil and replace it with good soil !. Any ideas on a cheap way of turning the ground into something workable ?

sorry for the essay and thankyou for reading

Hi Daisy,

Theres no need to get a digger in to take out all the clay - clay is the best nutrient rich type of soil there is as long as you can loosen it up a bit.

The best way to do this is dig in well rotted manure or compost as deep as you can. Leave it for a few months so the worms can do their work mixing things up and then do it again (ideally 3 times over a 12 month period).

Then you'll be all set!

cooking-mama

This topic is ideal for me,so glad i came accross it,this will be my first year of growing anything..im planning on growing in containers,on holiday from work for the next 10days so using this time to get organised,so far ive bought The Kitchen gardener magazine,with some freebies-a little garden journal,and 5 free packets of seeds,=
lettuce/kale/thyme/tomato/carrot...then in Poundland today I bought,seed starter kits for spring onion,cucumber,and cabbage mixture(mixed cabbage ,broccoli,cauliflower)each kit contains seeds,seed tray,greenhouse lids and compost.I thought at £1 each these would be good for a beginner like myself..I also bought a 180L jumbo garden bag(thought this would be good for potatoes?,and 1x6m fleece blanket...not sure what for,just looked like something my wee plants might need in chilly Scotland.
just need to rake about in garage now to see what old plant pots/containers are hidden away in there,I also have some square plastic storage/toy boxes that I think will do(with hole drilled into them)
When preparing my tubs/boxes etc...should i put stones or broken slates or something in the bottom before I add soil/compost?

roosterpotatoes

I found that sitting the boxes on bricks worked for me last year when i used the 40 litre tubs for my carrots, it just allowed me to maximise my growing space in the tubs as i never knew how long my carrots would be lol.
It wont do any harm to put stones in the bottom of the pots if you have no bricks