Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

misskool

mrbadexample wrote: »

Yes.

What are you growing with me?

Don't make me get my 'arris off the sofa.

Tomatoes (10 varieties, undetermined as I have to pick from about 20 different ones)
Chillies (5-6 varieties)
Parsnips
Celeriac
Cabbage
Carrot
Aubergine
Cucumber
Salad leaves
Sprouting things

And various other bits

Garlic and onion are in.

Need to get about a ton of horse muck
Need to get OH to actually make a raised bed
Need to dig over beds

But as the weather is really cold this year, I might not bother sowing much until March. I will do some toms and chillies in a few weeks when I do some parsnips and celeriac.

Sally_A

Chillis - Pretty in Purple (my favourite), Lemon Drop, Pequin, Indian -PC1, Jamaican Hot, Cherry Bomb, 7-Pot, Hungarian Hot Wax.

Tomatoes - Gardeners Delight ( a stalwart), Beams Yellow Pear, Moneymaker, Hawaiian Currant, Purple Ukraine, Legend, Roma, Un-named Plum, Sweet Millions, Marmande.

Leeks - I grow on clay soil so have no chance of a seed bed, leek seedlings planted mid to end Feb in a cat litter tray (approx 90 will fit), or shallow 10 daimeter inch pots will do too, as will the deeper peach punnets. Plant out into final garden space towards the end of June, normally I will shove these in where the early spuds have been dug out, but any unused area of about 2ft square should accomodate a dozen or so. Use a big dibber to make the hole - a broken spade handle that's been sharpened is ideal as a big dibber, pop the leek into the hole, water it in rather than fill with soil ( watering in will let it settle on it's own accord, if you earth up it will be gritty between the layers). I grow Musselbrugh because I had a free sample , there are other varieties recommended for baby leeks in August - but as veg is so plentiful around then, it's nice to have some frsh veg over the winter months.

stardrops42

Can't wait to get going again this year! Last year was my first attempt and I loved it. Managed to grow spuds, turnips, carrots, radish, salad leaves, rocket, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, chillies, sweetcorn, strawberries, courgettes, sweet peas and other stuff I've probably forgot:p I'm going to make 2 more raised beds this year and grow loads more carrots in containers as they were beautiful!!

mrbadexample

I think I need to investigate leeks then. I also need to get down the garden and find out what's left over from last year. I think there might be a bit of root veg that didn't do much, or never got dug up. I've still got those walking-stick kale taking up an inordinate amount of space, so I need to pull up two and leave the biggest one to continue growing.

I should probably think about a few early spuds too, but in the ground rather than in the bags I used last year. I don't need too much space for them; I only want a few. What varieties should I be looking for?

I also need to try and grow my brassicas somewhere different this year - not too sure if I'll actually be able to manage that.

mrbadexample

stardrops42 wrote: »

Can't wait to get going again this year! Last year was my first attempt and I loved it. Managed to grow spuds, turnips, carrots, radish, salad leaves, rocket, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, chillies, sweetcorn, strawberries, courgettes, sweet peas and other stuff I've probably forgot:p I'm going to make 2 more raised beds this year and grow loads more carrots in containers as they were beautiful!!

That sounds pretty good for a first year. :T

nodwah

mrbadexample wrote: »

I I should probably think about a few early spuds too, but in the ground rather than in the bags I used last year. I don't need too much space for them; I only want a few. What varieties should I be looking for?

I like "Charlotte" - the potato that is... oval new potatoes
and this year I grew "Red Duke of York" that T&M sent me by mistake sort of, and I really liked them - red skin and floury texture so I'll be growing them again.

mrbadexample

nodwah wrote: »

I like "Charlotte" - the potato that is... oval new potatoes
and this year I grew "Red Duke of York" that T&M sent me by mistake sort of, and I really liked them - red skin and floury texture so I'll be growing them again.

Are the Dukes earlies?

wssla00

Evening all

My grow list this year is:

1. Tomatoes- Cherriettes of fire, gardeners delight, snow cherry, black krim, red robin, christmas grape, snow white, green zebra, black truffle, lemon tree roma, golden sunrise, tamina, yellow plum, yellow pear, orange cherry, lidi, black cherry
2. Tomatillo's
3. Chilli's & peppers- sweet banana pepper, chilli hot tepin, aneheim chilli, Jabenero chilli, skinny chilli, chapeau de fraude chilli, nardello pepper, hungarian hot wax, birds eye chilli, hot purple tiger chilli, padron chilli, dorset naga chilli, capiscum bright lights
4. Aubergines (only one plant)
5. cucumbers (2 types)
6. Courgettes: (2 types)
7. Summer squash- summer ball
8. pumpkin Jack be little
9. Various salad stuff (beetroots, salad leaves, rocket, herbs, spring onions, japanese bunching onions, spinach etc)
10. Various fruit (of course) strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, green gages, plums, pears, apples, rhubarb, gooseberries, white currants, black currants, blackberries, red currants
11. Onions and Garlic
12. A couple of wigwams of beans- french and runner (st george)
13. A few wigwams and living fences of sweet peas
14. A good load of annuals for cutting
15. Leeks
16. Carrots (Atlas and chanteray)
17. Parsnips
18. Root parsley
19. Mange tout and sugarsnaps
20. Rocket potatoes (first earlies)
21: Celery and celeriac

ETA: Knew I would forget things!


Er I think that's it but I'm sure there will be more, once it's all in the ground it's easy enough to keep watered, it's just the seed sowing bit that takes the time :P

nopot2pin

I did wonder if you were starting a thread this year MBE

I am itching to start this year, as last year, I didn't grow anything

This year I want to do potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes, butter nut squash, mange tout, peppers and chillis.... all in pots.
The year before last, I tried onions, in pots but was unsuccessful... I may try them again this year too.
This will be the first year I can pick the rhubarb:j
Good luck to all

mrbadexample

Right then, I've started. The bin is on the rhubarb, and I've spoken to the neighbour about the knackered fence, which we have agreed to split the cost on replacing.

I'll work out some sort of grow-list when I get my seeds delivered. I will be paying more attention to the gherkins, which failed dismally last year.