How to Get Through The Tough Times The Old Style Way.

ChocClare

jinky67 wrote: »

I now have a lovely big window in my kitchen, what can I grow in pots?

Tomatoes, salad, herbs, beans (French), peppers, garlic, chillies - what do you like?

jinky67

Nelski wrote: »

Pot ..............:D:D:D

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:rotfl:

ChocClare wrote: »

Tomatoes, salad, herbs, beans (French), peppers, garlic, chillies - what do you like?

oooh tomatoes and garlic, use them a lot, only problem is, the house is cold, would that make a difference?

Beccah_3

ChocClare wrote: »

Don't you fret, Beccah, anything you plant will catch up quickly. The only things which need to be got ahead with now are those which need a L-O-N-G growing season in this country, such as aubergines, chillies and peppers. And you have a greenhouse, so don't worry about it. Unless you live in the Frozen North, of course.

I thought about sowing a load of seeds this morning when it was sunny, but then it went all chilly and I couldn't be bothered:rotfl:

:rotfl:Great minds!!!! I've just sorted out my chilli seeds ( Twilight for some extra colour), aubergines and a couple of varities of pepper...with a vue to starting them off tomorrow. Our greenhouse isan't heated and it seems to be bordering on baltic at the mo....so would it be odd if I popped the seed trays in the airing cupboard?
I have a plan to clear off the top of my kitchen cupboards and use that as more space for geminating seed trays too.

fedupfreda

Nelski wrote: »

Pot ..............:D:D:D

x

Naughty. But PMSL!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kidcat

Well tomorrow is the big day - bidding for house, very scary the idea of the amount of debt we will be in if we buy a house, and although I would really love to overpay, the reality is that simply paying the mortgage and the bills will be difficult enough. However its the price of security, having been moved on twice in two years I really cannot face the idea of renting any more.
Havent slept properly in days and am suffering migraines as a result.

My parents are taking my DD4 shopping to pick clothes for her birthday ( I have to go too) they are saying ooh Next, BHS etc whilst she is saying Bank and Republic, they really have no idea how picky she is with clothes and how she likes the more trendy shops, they are in for such a surprise!!! She is a teenager wrapped in a little body. In fact she is much more teenagery than DD16 - no idea how that happened.

Have got a friend visiting later in the week to help me root through the garage to throw out some junk and plant some seeds, just hoping I get it right and dont plant the wrong things at the wrong time.

Going to try booking a small hall tomorrow and then I can send out party invites, thank goodness DS6 party is sorted and invites will be going out this week too.

jackieglasgow

Good luck tomorrow Kidcat! X

jackieglasgow

Meant to say earlier, Happy Birthday to Gailey's DD1, hope being 5 is as special as special can be for her

ChocClare

Garlic likes the cold and needs it to form cloves. If you're growing it indoors it probably isn't as cold as you think it is tbh. But you could grow it for the green tips which you cut like chives and use it as a cut and come again plant. Tomatoes do like the warm, but if they're bang next to a window then they'll get the heat through that, won't they? They're very straggly though, so you'd be best off with a bush variety, or you could grow "tumbler" which is lovely, and screw a hook in the top of your window and have it in a hanging basket. You could bung some herbs in the basket too - oregano or basil would go nicely with the tomatoes!

I wouldn't put anything tender in an unheated greenhouse yet - I usually start tomatoes, peppers and chillies in the conservatory, which has a minimum temperature. Otherwise you get one frost and all your seedlings die off. I have a propogator to start seeds off (much like an airing cupboard in many ways) but I do wonder whether this makes seeds weak and spindly, and whether they aren't better off growing slowly and sturdily indoors without extra heat (hence my conservatory). However, you do need the LIGHT, and things on a windowsill can get a bit stretched too. I've found the most sucessful happy medium is to get a clear plastic box - my favourites are the ones you buy bakery chocolate mini muffins in - or some croissant containers - or strawberries but only if they're SEVERELY reduced because they're not worth the money at this time of year - or anyway, something with a built-in hinged clear plastic lid, if you follow me. You fill the bottom of the container with earth, bung your seeds in, water in well, and close the lid. Mini greenhouse. Simples. Gives everything a head start I find. Failing that, I have also salvaged clear plastic water cups out of the bin at work (oh come on, it's a bin by the water cooler and has nothing in it but plastic cups which have had ONE, count 'em, ONE drink of water in them), fill one with earth and invert another one on the top as my "greenhouse". Saves buying plant pots...

Hippeechiq

I'm all envious now

I had planned to try growing a few things this year, but with DD being worse, although envious, I haven't got the mental or physical energy to try something new.

Maybe I could try just one thing instead. Would it be possible to buy a young pepper plant (I'm sure I saw some in Wilk0s last year?) and if so, when would they be likely to be on sale?

All the best for tomorrow Kidcat

stiltwalker

Good luck with the house tomorrow kidcat.
Most things will grow in pots, we took our "garden" with us when we moved at the back end of April last year, the new neighbours must have wondered what they were getting as we wheeled some of the bigger stuff round on a sack trolley (only moved 150 yards for a bigger house as were planning bump but wanted to stay in the village) so you can picture the scene with us and several friends carrying all the big stuff round and wheeling round pots of peas and beans complete with cane wigwams and a patio apple tree!