Veg to plant in January and things to do.

PudseyDB

cootambear wrote: »

Add thyme to the feed, the meat will taste luverly

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: LOL

PudseyDB

Sally_A wrote: »

@PudseyDB - just start a few seeds off in pots in the window sill, they take about 10 - 14 days to germinate at the moment. If you cover the pots with a see through lid, remove this as soon as they germinate or they will damp off (keel over from too much moisture on the stem).

I'd go for the cheaper green basil if it's just for the rabbit, Sweet Genovese it might be labelled as.

That sounds easy enough - will definately give it a try We do eat the basil as well, but not that much. The pots cost 75p - 95p each too per week, so if I can grow our own that's a big saving over the year

Thank you!

Rummer

I really need to get started!

Primrose

The quickest way to get more basil, if you've got a couple of sprigs left in a pot is to pinch out the upper 3 or four inches of the stalk, and put them in a small pot of water. After about five days you'll see lots of new white roots growing from the bottom of the stalks and when that happens they can be planted up in new pots of compost to get more plants going. I've been regenerating my basil like this for ages and it works very well, and is obviously cheaper than buying new pots of it from the supermarket.

Rummer

I have always grown my Basil from seed and love the smell of it in the house and it is so useful in cooking. If I didn't have a garden it would be the one thing I would definately grow.

JadeLD

This is great thanks! We got our first garden towards the end of last summer and managed a few things - salad, strawberries and potatoes but I want to try a lot more this year. I'd love to try some different squash although need to find out where to do that - anyone know of a website with a month by month calendar or something telling me when different things get planted?

Orange_King

Spent a few hours out in the garden yesterday tidying up and preparing.

The spuds are chitting, the garlic has sprouted and there are onion set s in but some look as if they have been rotted by the ice/snow, though they have been covered with bottles.

Put in the first seeds of the season in a tray in the greenhouse - leeks. Did well with some last year and have some still growing away - I take it these won't do much now and should be pulled to make way - these are the only things stopping me from freshening up the a couple of small patches.

Think I'll hold off on the tomatoes for a bit. Last years early ones went really leggy.

Primrose

Orange King - yes, my leeks are looking pretty scrappy now. funnily enough they survived all the snow and ice but last week's heavy rainfalls seem to have made some of them go rather mushy on the outside although if I peel off a couple of layers, they're OK inside. In the next couple of weeks I'll try to dig them all up and convert them to soup for the freezer so that I can clear the veggie patch, give it a dig and some manure. I grow my tomatoes outdoors, so won't sow seed until mid April. I've learned at long last that unless you're growing them in a greenhouse it simply doesn't pay to start them off early as they get too leggy. You're then forced to plant them out and a couple of really chilly late nights knocks them back even further and they never really recover properly. You just can't defeat nature and the weather however tempted you are to try.

roosterpotatoes

JadeLD wrote: »

anyone know of a website with a month by month calendar or something telling me when different things get planted?

Here is a guide, the thread is now locked but I still use it as a reminder what to sow each month
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/771839

Sally_A

Thanks roosterpotatoes for showing that older thread, and thanks Annie123 for starting it.

For those that live in the countryside, now is an excellent time to collect hazel sticks for bean poles, a good green stick should last you 3+ years, naturally you will all ask your local farmer if it is OK; but if there is an overcrowded hazel bush where the new whips are rubbing the bark off the more established branches you could be doing it a favour - or free coppicing as I call it don't take too many sticks from one bush, 3 tops I'd say, you are looking for a good 8ft length, if the top is twiggy take the whole lot (about a 12ft stick) home and use the top end for peasticks.

Please don't get arrested wielding your pruning knife around in a public place.

Yes - you will get funny looks, and may get stuck in gates and hedges - 4 is a good number to carry at any time, or 6 if you are confident. Take some string/cable ties to hold the sticks together, carrying 12ft twiggy poles down a 6ft width lane with 3 dogs can get a bit "Carry On".:rotfl: