BBC Two Tonight 8.30pm "Grow Your Own Veg! "

Gas_Man_in_London's_gf

I would really love to start growing my own vegetables, but unfortunately I live in a flat and don't have a garden. I wonder if there's any kind of vegetables that can be grown indoors?

redballoon_2

you could always have a herb garden?

kazzaw

Gas_Man_in_London's_gf wrote:

I would really love to start growing my own vegetables, but unfortunately I live in a flat and don't have a garden. I wonder if there's any kind of vegetables that can be grown indoors?

Are there any allotment gardens to rent near you? The rents on ours locally are very cheap.

rose_sparky

Well, we have loads of land but also loads of deer and rabbits and as much as I'd love to grow veg all I would be doing is feeding the local wildlife.

janiebaby29

sophiesmum wrote:

Me too.
This is going to be my first year with a veg patch, so looking for lots of tips.
janiebaby where have you bought your seeds from?
I'm still trying to decide what to grow as the part of the garden I will be using is a little shady, any gardeners out there got any suggestions what would do well??????

sophiesmum

sorry was out getting the weekly shop , i got my seeds from https://www.alanromans.com they are only 50p a packet

lynzpower

Gas_Man_in_London's_gf wrote:

I would really love to start growing my own vegetables, but unfortunately I live in a flat and don't have a garden. I wonder if there's any kind of vegetables that can be grown indoors?

I grew rocket, lambs lettuce spinach, mint, thyme, indoors.

Just took a plastic tray you get mushrooms or meat in from supermarket, bit of compost and it grew liike wildfire :beer:

Lettuce is the best as its so expensive to buy for what it is given its been shipped from the other side of the planet!

Careful though, the rocket is super peppery!

I got my seeds from wilkinsons in london- stratford E15.

loumac

Thanks redballoon! I have just put the phone down from arranging an allotment for myself so any extra advice will be great. The allotment was £16 for the year and I'm going to check it out tomorrow. For those without gardens check your local councils webiste for listings. I'm about 10 minutes from Birmingham city centre and have been offered 11 different sites no further than 5 minutes from me!

I've grown veggies for two years now in my little garden and started as a novice and have absolutely loved it.

For those discussing pots I grew tomatoes and peppers very easily in pots last year. I've also read a thread recently about growing potatoes in a dustbin and I'm really looking forward to giving that a go.

sashacat

I have allotments which are really cheap to rent and are provided( by law they have to be) by the local council. I pay £17.75 per year for a decent sized allotment and grow all my veg, fruit and salad. I then make soups, jams, pickles, relishes and dry beans and peas for the winter. The cost is virtually nil as you can often collect and keep you own seeds or buy them through the allotment...and they taste much better, and the exercise is better than payin for gym membership. Now I'm off to watch is prog

sashacat

ps try selfsufficientish.com for hints and tips and friendly people

Zeitgeist

You can grow tomatoes in a grow bag.