looking for ideas!

tinkerbell1978

am starting a little veg patch in my garden and am looking for ideas of how to get free seeds etc soo far i have posted on my local freecycle and searched the freebie board for seeds etc to no avail well ordered a catalogue in hope i will recieve some tom seeds, am really excitied but have no idea what im doing lol!

what sort of veg are people growing this time of year?

any help/advice appreciated!

Linda32

Hi, Its exciting isn't it :j

We have an allotment, so last weekend we planted broad beans and onions, we have two variaties of potatoes to chit to get ready for planting.

We also have strawberry plants from last year and also garlic previously planted.

We plan to do sweetcorn as well.

At home we have an half barrel where we are going to do mini veg, stumpy ball shaped carrots, raddish, spring onions - that sort of thing.

We did really well last year with Toms in growbags.

stilernin

Try the forum on

allotments4all.co.uk

loads of lovely peeps on there.........

consumermonkey

Hiya, my Mother is a keen hobby gardener. She looks in the newspapers for free seeds and plants. Although often not truly free, having to pay P&P she has managed to cut her budgets by lots. The best places to look are the tabloid weekend papers. The Mail and Express have offers most weekends and the NOTW a little less often. You usually get lots of flower bulbs and a selection of seeds which they have usually over stocked with. sometimes you will also get tools or gloves as well.

thriftyjo

You could also put an add on freecycle if anyone is thinning out any of their plants they may be happy for you to collect or even help!

sev8

tinkerbell1978 wrote:

well ordered a catalogue in hope i will recieve some tom seeds

Why don't you get tomato seeds from a tomato? Last year my uncle grew tomato plants from seeds taken from a tomato, and i grew peppers from the seeds from a pepper

sev!