Help MBE grow his dinner 2013.

lemonjelly

mrbadexample wrote: »

Looks like I won't be planting any spuds until after Easter, when it's supposed to warm up a bit. I don't think there's much at all I can do before then.

Snow forecast for tomorrow. Was going to buy compost this weekend & make a start. Will delay for at least another week now, like yourself.

Bowls season starts Saturday too. Don't want to be bowling in the cold/snow! It's supposed to be a summer sport!

mrbadexample

Drea wrote: »

I'm off to the allotment tomorrow for the first time, I'll take some pictures. I guess I just... dig it up? :rotfl: Clueless doesn't even cover it...

I think conventional wisdom suggests to collect as much cardboard as you can, and cover the plot with it. Don't use carpet as it's horrible to get rid of once it starts breaking up.

Wet the cardboard, cover the grass and weigh it down with whatever you can find. Then you can clear a bit at a time. With the bits you're not clearing or working on, dig holes through the cardboard and plant things through it - squashes, brassicas or the like. This will suppress weed / grass growth, and still be productive.

That should get you started.

mrbadexample

zafiro1984 wrote: »

Can I join in I've been lurking about for a while and you all seem a really nice bunch of folk.

I won't be posting much because although I used to grow lots and lots I had a driving accident and need to have my hips mended before I can seriously get to grips with growing again.

Welcome zafiro. It sounds very much like you need some sort of no-dig system. Have a look at this for some help.

sammy_kaye18

Well there was me thinking I could make a start on the garden this weekend.............


or not apparently

We have had gale force winds all night, torrential rain. thankfully no snow but its still far too cold to plant out I think so I may plant some on the dining table instead so they have sprouted nicely by the time I can actually plant them out.

Foxy0810

It's snowing here been naff all week actually can't wait for some decent weather so I can go down the allotment and not freeze my butt off

annie123

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

400 pea seeds, 3200 carrot seeds, 5 cucumber seeds, 5 charlotte potatoes chitting, 1000 lettuce seeds, 10 tumbling tom seeds, 40 cherry tomato seeds, 700 spring onions, 460 radishes, 3000 cress seeds, 2 cress hedgehogs for the kids and a pepper pot................if this all grows I may need recipe ideas............. :-) and we have divided them into things to sow indoors and things to sow outdoors.

Also my partner has quite a few builders merchant bags that he has kindly let me have to half fill with compost and use as a raised bed after a friend of mine showed me a picture of her poly tunnel and thats what she has used.
Only fair since I have them sitting about and Country wide has 100l of multi purpose compost for £6.99 and my partner works next door to it - well he said he needed a workout

Hi SK, nice to 'see' you again. Get a compost bin going if you don't already use one, and those bags take a lot of compost, would cost you a small fortune. From what I remember you have a large garden but quite exposed as you moved higher up the hill but do have a greenhouse. You could make raised beds like MBE has, I'm sure Owen could get some wood for you and they would use less compost and you'd get better results. You can build them up slowly if needed.

mrbadexample wrote: »

Looks like I won't be planting any spuds until after Easter, when it's supposed to warm up a bit. I don't think there's much at all I can do before then.

Same here except for my 2 buckets worth, going to have the longest chit's ever by time they go out!

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

We have had gale force winds all night, torrential rain. thankfully no snow but its still far too cold to plant out I think so I may plant some on the dining table instead so they have sprouted nicely by the time I can actually plant them out.

Sow your tomatoes, lettuce, spring onions and some cress for the kids. Speaking of which, how are Ben and Holly?


My leeks are just starting to pop up this year due to late spud planting for me I will be following tradition planting and plant them in where the spuds were.
I hope we get a good summer after such a carp start to spring, can't face the thought of 2 bad growing seasons so close together.

mrbadexample

Good grief.

Badrick

mrbadexample wrote: »

Good grief.

I quite like snow, it makes my garden look as neat as everyone elses

Mad-Frog

I must learn how to post pictures, my garden is a lot like yours.

Last years success was strawberries they must like the rain nothing else was, I grew some orange type of tomatoes that got to about 3 ft tall and not one single flower on either plant :mad:

I have some garlic I keep forgetting to plant, I might shove some snow out of the way and plant it, I am way behind and haven't sown anything yet, must get my chilli seeds in and maybe some cauliflower.

I have purchased some of James whatsit seed revolution seeds, I thought it would be entertaining to see the nieces and nephews eat popcorn plants and electric daises

annie123

mrbadexample wrote: »

Good grief.

This time last year it was warm and sunny and you were raising the height of your greenhouse if I remember correctly.

Badrick wrote: »

I quite like snow, it makes my garden look as neat as everyone elses

Oh good another one like me:) I call it organised chaos

I wrapped the spud buckets with bubble wrap, in case, but the ponds not frozen, just lots of snow here, so they'll be fine.

MBE have you got frog spawn this year?