veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

kimmee

I've just been out in the garden to sow my peas in the newspaper pots that I made yesterday, they are now on a sunny windowsill in the conservatory - do they need to be covered (I have some plastic lids from my mini propogator) does anyone know?

It was lovely in the garden - some of my daffs haven't just pushed through, they look like they are almost going to bloom and while I was pruning the rose bush a huge bumble bee flew down to the crocuses, made me think that spring really is almost here :j

gazza975526570

Guys - just remember there is loads of time to have frosts yet which could ruin all the hard work your doing.

Remember to protect things if a cold night is due.

lynzpower

Deffo agree. I am fleecing up everything at night and the outdoor stuff ( carrots and perp spinach ) is permanently covered with the fleece to stop the birds getting at the seed. The unheated greenhouse has everything fleeced overnight- sometimes in the day too, depending how cold it is and also whether I remember to take it off or not. lol

gillian62

I've bit the bullet and done some outdoor planting!
I've done some seeding in pots this afternoon, peas in guttering, carrots, round turnips and long beetroot in tubs. They are all covered with fleece in my unheated greenhouse.
The seeds I have in the house are really taking off, so may need to repot some shortly. Running out of windowsills though, and also trying to keep cats off the window sills enjoying the sunshine.

alliwantistosave

Well I finally made it to Ikea this week and got some of those lovely coloured bag planters. They also did small ones which will be perfect for my herbs.

OH has been planting our onions today so lets hope the cold nights won't kill them too much........ Also found some daff's I forgot to plant so we have planted them in a pot so I will have some late flowering ones.

Spring is on it's way as my hayfever has started I think it is tree pollen that is getting me at the moment. How ironic a gardener with hayfever!!

Where have most people got thier fleece from ? any good deals around ?

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My OH built another raised bed today We emptied the contents of one of the compost bins into it but we need way more soil/compost. He is going to build another one (maybe tomorrow) and also a 3 tier shelf for under the dining room window where we get the most sun. The bed he built today will be for my dwarf beans, peas and sweetcorn that I will plant after easter. Not sure what to plant in the smaller one he is building. Maybe leek? Maybe radishes? Something that doesn't need full sun anyway as it's in a more shaded area of the garden.

The 3 tier shelf will house the tomatoes/chillis/peppers once I get some larger pots to pot them into. I bought those 'plug-u-gro- ones in the end and have just potted onto 4 inch pots. I think I will leave them in these pots till after easter then start hardening them off in the daytime before potting into the bigger pots. Am grumpy I couldn't get some of the flower pots from morrisons as they would have been perfect to house them.

Had a squiz round the garden to see what was dead and stuff. Looks like the raspberrys we put in last year are completely dead Hopefully the redcurrants will come back though. We cut the blackberrys completely back at the end of last year though so will have to see what we get.

gazza975526570

Been a busy week here. The weather looks good for the next week so should warm the soil up nicely to get some things in the soil. So far now i have in cell modules;
Early sprouting Brocolli
3 varieties of tomatoes
Bell Peppers
Savoy Cabbage
Cauliflower
Sweetcorn
Courgettes
Early sprouts
Leeks
4 varities of raddish

In the soil ive got:
Early Nantes Carrots
Parsnips
Garlic
White onion
Red Onion
4 varieties of raddih
Some overwintered cabbages
Rhubarb
Rasberries
Gooseberries

3 varieties of early potatoes chitting in the windowsill
2 varities of maincrop potatoes waiting a but longer to chit

Things to do a bit later:
French beans
Runner Beans
Peas
Spring onions
late sprouting brocolli
beetroot
swede

Debating if im not too late of cucumbers outside. Anyone done them? ok?

gillian62

I started cucumbers inside in toilet roll holders a couple of weeks ago, so wouldn't think it is too late to start now, especially if you can put in a heated propagator to get them germinating quicker.

gazza975526570

gillian62 wrote: »

I started cucumbers inside in toilet roll holders a couple of weeks ago, so wouldn't think it is too late to start now, especially if you can put in a heated propagator to get them germinating quicker.

Thanks,

Sorry do they grow ok though not in a greenhouse?

misskool

gazza975526570 wrote: »

Debating if im not too late of cucumbers outside. Anyone done them? ok?

It's still too early to start them outside. The air is barely breaking freezing. The soil (which takes a few weeks longer than the air to warm up) should be 5 at night.