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

SandiRaRa

I'm hoping to grow my own salad stuff this year as i've just moved and actually have a garden with a bit of room to spare! How tricky is it to grow lettuce/cucumbers/peppers - should I be sticking to something easy like cress for my first attempt?!

I must spend about £5+ a week on salad stuff in the summer so i'd love to save some money here and have the satisfaction of eating something I had grown.

superdog_3

Is this the right place to start a "We want a gardening board" campaign?! (tried it on the Christmas board and got told that the lawnmower sounds were drowning out the jingle bells!:D )

Dan29

Kazonline wrote:

Ooo - brill. Is it on tonight?

Wednesday night if you can only get BBC Wales.

stefejb

Salad leaves are really easy - well they must be because i've got loads and i've never grown anything fancier than mould before. i started two square foot gardens in september with three squares of mixed leaves. they are still growing now. I also had some lovely lettuces, radishes and chinese leaves. dd has her own plot too and it has encouraged her to eat more greens - go for it and good luck

stefejb

superdog wrote:

Is this the right place to start a "We want a gardening board" campaign?! (tried it on the Christmas board and got told that the lawnmower sounds were drowning out the jingle bells!:D )

seconded - it would save us spending out on "essential" gadgets and also maybe seed swaps as they always put too many in the packets

jcr16

thanks for this. i gonna watch this now. hubby has just been called out on work so i can watch this and hopefully take in lots of knowledge.

i am going to try again this year with veggies. but i do have a big advantage. my dad (60 next month) is a professional gardener by trade after so many years he has a mass of knowledge on all this under his belt. and also he has a green house that i can use if needed. although my parents grow so much there isn't much space left.

prog's like this always get me so inpsired.

SandiRaRa

I'm going all 'good life' now thinking about growing some salad and veggies! Can anyone recommend any good books/websites for absolute beginners? I would definately encourage a gardening board, it would be great for newbies like myself looking for advice and ideas.

lil_me

I love her house, and the gardens, it's beautiful.

Looking for tips and inspiration for my start on growing veg etc this year

Kazonline

Dan29 wrote:

Wednesday night if you can only get BBC Wales.

Ooo Dan, I love you! I was just about to sulk because it isn't on - and there you are saving the day.... Unless of course you are a dentist in which case I'm scarpering as my mothers fear of dentists has passed on to me - strangely I only developed the 'phobia' as an adult! Ooops, sorry, off topic again...:o

Thanks again,

Kaz x

jcr16

wow impressed that they said u could feed a family for a year on a 3meter by 3 meter patch. i'm taking mental notes now.