Help MBE grow his dinner 2013.

TallGirl

Lovely to see new people on here totally agree with MBA only grow what you eat and like and think about space as well.

Sow little and often so you don't end up with a glut of things.

Been able to get into my greenhouse today, planted up a bare rooted magnolia need a nicer pot for it as I don't have space in the ground.

Also got my freebie begonia bulbs that need potting too.

Been so so busy job hunting, visiting family in Denmark and travelling the country with work.

Got a job offer today nice a local but quite low money. Got another interview Monday for a 6 month temp post but its a lot of travel but good money and interesting.

Finally another interview on Weds but might cancel that as I prefer the job offer I already have to that one. Look forward to more greenhouse pottering this weekend.

lindseykim13

I feel i have not done much at all, all i have in the garden and down the lotty are onion sets.
I had a go at the parsnips in bottles but none have shown any life yet-off to google how long they take to germinate.
I feel i should be planting more but with all the crud weather coming again doesn't seem to be much point.

skilly

Morning all ,can I join in please :-) i have just bought a new green house ordered it Thursday morning they said about 14 to 16 days for delivery got it Friday afternoon lol not ready for it at all ,so hoping to make room & put it together over the weekend .

Foxy0810

Well the weather is given to be rubbish all weekend so don't think I'll get much done we did quite a lot yesterday though so feel better about that

seeking_happines

thankyou for the sugestion :T
i will try and take a piture of the green house tody weather permitting as it raining at the moment :mad:
i do actualy have a big garden as its a barn conversion with15 acres.....BUT, and its a big but as i have been very very porley, and am recuperating, i dont want to take on to much so am keeping it as small as pos, even though i do need to grow food to feed us as money is realy realy tight
my list on veg so far that my family likes is :

carrots
sweetcorn
tomatoes
brocoli
strawberys
potatoes
peas
parsnips

and my 15 yr old (autistic) wants to grow cut flowers to sell

looking forward to any healp thanks

mrbadexample

Great to see so many new [STRIKE]faces[/STRIKE] names.

Photos please, of what you all have to work with - it's a really good incentive when you see a bit of progress.

I guess we're all stuck with the cold damp weekend (hands up if you've got sunshine!) so I'm going to try and start a few things off indoors or in the greenhouse.

mrbadexample

seeking_happines wrote: »

carrots
sweetcorn
tomatoes
brocoli
strawberys
potatoes
peas
parsnips

I don't see why you can't grow all of those, with the possible exception of sweetcorn which needs to be grown in blocks as it's wind-pollinated I think. I'm not sure how much space you'd need. I was thinking of giving it a go myself this year.

Peas I think you can get started now. Tomatoes want to be sown soonish, and you can start some seed potatoes chitting. Parsnips and carrots can be sown as soon as it warms up a bit I think.

Annie'll be along in a minute to tell me if I've got it all wrong.

Foxy0810

mrbadexample wrote: »

Great to see so many new [STRIKE]faces[/STRIKE] names.

Photos please, of what you all have to work with - it's a really good incentive when you see a bit of progress.

I guess we're all stuck with the cold damp weekend (hands up if you've got sunshine!) so I'm going to try and start a few things off indoors or in the greenhouse.

Will try get some photos today need go over to pay my rent, take my rotivator to be looked at by another plot holder and I might put some seeds in as I've been dying to for weeks now

lolly5648

mrbadexample wrote: »

I don't see why you can't grow all of those, with the possible exception of sweetcorn which needs to be grown in blocks as it's wind-pollinated I think. I'm not sure how much space you'd need. I was thinking of giving it a go myself this year.

I planted four sweetcorn last year and only two grew. I was a bit worried as I had heard they needed to be planed in blocks but my two survived and produced lovely sweetcorn. The wind must have been going backwards and forwards so that they pollinated each other:rotfl:

Fay

seeking_happines wrote: »

carrots
sweetcorn
tomatoes
brocoli
strawberys
potatoes
peas
parsnips

and my 15 yr old (autistic) wants to grow cut flowers to sell

looking forward to any healp thanks

Hi, welcome to the addictive world of veg growing. I've grown carrots and parsnips in old recycling bins and pots and they have worked really well. The small chantany (sp?) type carrots don't need too much depth. I also grew strawberries in hanging baskets last year and they worked quite well, plus from an original 3 plants I have about 9 this year as you can take runners off-so good value. Potatoes are really nice to grow, very easy and taste great but they do take up a lot of space so it's worth looking at how much they cost and whether its wor growing them.
I find green beans, the French ones, are really good to grow. Quite easy (unless the weather is like last year again) and they save you lots of money because they're so expensive. Also chillies and peppers save you good money as well as tomatoes. I grew bush ones last year and they romped away with very little maintenance.
Good luck, I can't wait to see some pics and I'm very envious of your rotivator :d