veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

katholicos

Megansmum wrote: »

Well my big gardening plans are on hold for this year. Hubby left yesterday so got too much to sort out to be thinking about masses of fruit,veg and flowers.

The things i've started I will carry on with, but I'll not be starting any new sowing now, other than carrot.(Cos i can bung them in and forget about them!).:o

Megan should get plenty of strawberrys and blueberrys this year so she'll be happy. The lottie is covered so that can sit till next year too! Hope all my seeds will be ok to use next year - with all my big plans i've loads of them!

Lost all motivation and excitement now.................................. b****y men! :mad:

Oh dear, I am so sorry to read this. Please know that you and your daughter will be in my thoughts and prayers.

kimmee

Megansmum wrote: »

Well my big gardening plans are on hold for this year. Hubby left yesterday so got too much to sort out to be thinking about masses of fruit,veg and flowers.

The things i've started I will carry on with, but I'll not be starting any new sowing now, other than carrot.(Cos i can bung them in and forget about them!).:o

Megan should get plenty of strawberrys and blueberrys this year so she'll be happy. The lottie is covered so that can sit till next year too! Hope all my seeds will be ok to use next year - with all my big plans i've loads of them!

Lost all motivation and excitement now.................................. b****y men! :mad:

(((Hugs))) - I'm so sorry Megansmum, been there so if you need a very sympathetic shoulder just PM me. I'll be thinking of you x

elantan

oh megans mum sorry to hear that ... you deff have enough on your plate but it is good you will continue when the time is right for you ....

miskool i had to go look up nemotodes had never heard of them before ...

today i put a few rows of carrots in ...so i think i can finally say i have planted something ... yay

misskool

elantan : Nemaslug (http://www.nemasysinfo.com/) apparently it really works. It does cost a fair whack though. But I have an infestation, not a problem. hoping to keep it down

elantan

paybacktime2008 wrote: »

What are you going to do with it all? I'm sure you could sell it

well i had offered it to the earthship to use ... but now that that is no more ... i dont know ...although if they do decide to rebuild they might need it ... will find out whats happening there first i think

elantan

from what i saw miskool you dont order them till you need them ... how would that work though ? by the time they arrived it might be too late ... it deff looks intriguing though ... wonder if you can keep some for breeding purposes for the next year etc ... kinda like kefir (still cant drink that stuff ... have bought it so many times now to try and just cant manage)

misskool

elantan: yup, you only order it when you need it. the soil needs to be above 5C otherwise the bugs don't live. You can keep it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. I'm not sure how you would grow nematodes? I just need something to blast the slugs and show them who's boss

elantan

totally ... not something i had thought about up until now ... but i should considering i started planting finally ... sigh ... that feels so good to finally write lol

littleme96

Megansmum wrote: »

Well my big gardening plans are on hold for this year. Hubby left yesterday so got too much to sort out to be thinking about masses of fruit,veg and flowers.

The things i've started I will carry on with, but I'll not be starting any new sowing now, other than carrot.(Cos i can bung them in and forget about them!).:o

Megan should get plenty of strawberrys and blueberrys this year so she'll be happy. The lottie is covered so that can sit till next year too! Hope all my seeds will be ok to use next year - with all my big plans i've loads of them!

Lost all motivation and excitement now.................................. b****y men! :mad:

Sorry to hear that Megansmum - hope you're okay? Maybe as time goes on your garden can become a bit of a sanctuary for you. x

alicecone

Can I join too?!? Startong growing veg for the first time. Have also started one of them strawberry pots and planted rhubarb.

Was thinking about doing runner beans, lettuce, tomatoes in a basket, raspberries and a couple of bits and bobs!

So excited!