Grow your own dinner 2014

annie123

trollopscarletwoman wrote: »

Chillies and peppers as they need a long growing season.

Chillies and peppers are like me, they need warmth.
Unheated greenhouse at this time of year won't be warm enough for germination. Better to do those indoors.

trollopscarletwoman

annie123 wrote: »

Chillies and peppers are like me, they need warmth.
Unheated greenhouse at this time of year won't be warm enough for germination. Better to do those indoors.

Yes, only indoors and heated propagator.

bouncydog1

Think DH is putting in Charlottes. No idea what he does with them - I'm only interested in the end result!

mothernerd

Thanks for your advice. Mr and Mrs Builder and myself put my 'new' kitchen in at the weekend (2 ebay lots doors and some units + 4 wall cupboards from old house + they used trade discount to get the remaining units) I asked if they could get the bark at trade and Mr builder said it would be cheaper at the farm and he is going there this week (they keep ducks) so not sure when but bark is sorted.

flosspixie

Hi thought i would join in if you dont mind. I have had varied success with growing veg in the past and moving in June last year meant i didn't get as much done as i wanted.

This year i am going to have a dedictaed fruit bed i have gooseberrys blueberries strawberries and redcurrents from last year. i aim to add some raspberrys and getting some rhubarb from someone at work.

I have a veg patch currently still have leeks in it they grew amazingly well. This year i am going to go back to growing my potatoes in pots. I am going to try the square foot type of gardening. so going for peas, beans, leeks , garlic beetroot. (i have a list of others but am still narrowing it down)

Going to do a couple of window boxes lettuce and rocket , i have my herbs in pots basil, thyme chives and mint rosemary is a no go my jack russell just eats it all

Also i have a walk in plastic greenhouse did ok with tomatoes chilli's peppers and cucumber last year so going to do these again but not bring as many on from seed as i had far too many tomato and chilli plants about 100 or so before i started giving them away


So far i have my plans drawn up, my seed drawer checked and i have my list of what i have and what i need to get just ordered some purple tomato seeds totally exciting. I am trying to get the most out of the garden as i can as from garden to fork in a couple of hours tastes great.

bouncydog1

I have a couple of avocados on the window chill grown from stones. Does anyone know if they will produce fruit? DH is going to put them in the greenhouse as soon as it warms up a bit.

Jackie132

this year I'm going to start my own business. So, this year schedule is very hectic for me as I've have to do lots of work in this year.

WTFH

We got 2 ex-battery chickens a couple of weeks ago.

First egg laid this morning.


I shall be having half an egg for dinner tonight

zafiro1984

WTFH wrote: »

We got 2 ex-battery chickens a couple of weeks ago.

First egg laid this morning.


I shall be having half an egg for dinner tonight

Wait until the bug catches you. I started off with 6 chickens 8 yrs ago. I now have 327 of the little dears, and aim to get to 500 this year

WTFH

zafiro1984 wrote: »

Wait until the bug catches you. I started off with 6 chickens 8 yrs ago. I now have 327 of the little dears, and aim to get to 500 this year

If my wife sees that post, she'll go clucking mad!