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Karmacat

fayjmck wrote: »

Herb patch by the back door

Morning!

Morning! In the herb patch by the back door (they currently use it as an experimental area) well, its the first patch of earth, but its only about eight feet away

chives
garlic
sage
lettuce
miner's lettuce
coriander
rocket
salad burnet

Karmacat

elantan wrote: »

Im the one in charge kc ... Just waiting on my first client so sneaked on here lol

El, thats great! I hope it goes really well :j:j:j

redsquirrel80

Karmacat wrote: »

They do, don't they - and there's a lot of wildlife round there, because there are so many green areas and its such a small town The only thing extra I'm going to do on that side is to plant a few things that like light shade, cos thats the northerly facing side of the garden and they won't get as much sun - things like **consults email, taken from notes during The Edible Garden, mostly**
Swiss chard - easy, tolerates shade, but needs rich soil.
parsley
angelica
lettuce
mangetout
poppies



I didn't see Springwatch I don't like it when things die :o:o

Good plan!

Nothing died in this one - if it's on iPlayer it's worth a watch.

I've been investigating wild edible things we could plant in the garden and some that are already there - we found there is already wood sorrel and something which I think is hairy bittercress.. and inspired by El will probably be getting some wild garlic for next year

taxi73

Am loving these planting themes..you are giving me loads of ideas.Sounds good .

taxi73

Can one of you naswer a daft question for me?

I wish to grow organic veg..so will use organic compost in pots.

I also want to grow from seed..do I need to buy special organic seeds OR are all seeds organic before they are planted?

Pippajo

Good question Taxi!

taxi73

I'm sure Karma or El will know the answer..

Pippilongstocking

taxi73 wrote: »

Can one of you naswer a daft question for me?

I wish to grow organic veg..so will use organic compost in pots.

I also want to grow from seed..do I need to buy special organic seeds OR are all seeds organic before they are planted?

First off its not a daft question - its actually a really well thought out question!
Steps on KC's toes here a bit - (gently) - I hope you don't mind me answering, although its only my point of view, if you wanted to be an absolute purist about growing organically, then you can get and should perhaps try and get organically produced seed.

A good site is this one here
(other sites are available!)

However, you can grow your own veg 'organically' with normal seed so its a choice as to 'how' utterly organic you really want to be - most seed producers might/possibly may use *some chemicals* if required, to produce seed for resale - but chemicals cost money and most producers in fairness will use as little as possible more due to the economics of seed production than ethics. The amount of such chemicals in a seed, if any were used, would be miniscule - but depends on how much you could tolerate that.

Most seed producers don't dress seeds with chemicals anymore and if they do it will be definitely clearly labelled - e.g. some seeds have a coating to increase germination or an anti-fungal coating - I'd avoid those.

This is of course only my opinion - I am also a bit wary of folks labelling things 'organic' to get a premium price - when in reality they are normally produced with no chemicals/inputs. I like the idea of 'natural' gardening whereever possible, very much but I wouldn't call myself an 'organic' gardener as on occasion, quite rarely, I do use chemicals (limited/minimal/only when absolutely necessary) but never on veggies!

No idea if this helps.........................be interesting to hear what others think.

If it were me I'd go for normal seed grown organically if the organic seed is at a premium - if there isn't much difference in price then I'd support the organic folks - or see what is available locally and support a local business.

*steps out of KC's thread quietly having butted in terribly!*

Karmacat

Fay, of course you should answer a question like that! But I have a follow up question now :D:D: how do you know if normal seed is grown organically? I just realised I haven't checked out your link, maybe its on there, oops ....

I'm absolutely shattered this morning - really bad night's sleep, woke up before 5, managed to drift off but not good quality sleep at all. My days are really broken up with the drilling from next door, and I'm working late-ish or just plain late by design or to try to lessen the impact of the drilling for clients I'm not even trying to trade today, tho I might do an hour now of "active watching" - writing notes on each movement.

And today, I'm off to London at 12.15 - not working till 4 at the earliest, and probably 6, then going on till 9.

Pippilongstocking

KC morning - sorry you slept badly (()) I hope that doesn't make you too tired later!

The answer to the 'how do you know normal seed is organically produced' the answer is you don't, but if the seed (once harvested) is coated or chemically treated they have to write it on the packet.

The link was for organic gardening catalogue

*other catalogues are available*

Much to do today - including tackling my boss about a potential contract he thinks he can have done for not alot of budget which is ALOT of work....:(