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What Can I Grow In July??
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Hi everyone, I'm new to these boards. Already do my best to cook from scratch but this forum has taught me there's so much more I can do - am so inspired by it all and thankyou all for the great posts.
The first big change for me is to start to grow my own produce - it sounds such a lovely thing to do, especially with the kids helping. Unfortunately I am not very green fingered but this is a good place to start - I wonder if anyone that is more knowledgable in the field could advise me - have I left it too late this year to grown anything? Or are there things that I could start planting now or soon? We have a reasonable size garden but very little flower beds - lots of room for pots/planter though.
Any ideas/suggestions/good places to start/tips/ANYTHING would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
The first big change for me is to start to grow my own produce - it sounds such a lovely thing to do, especially with the kids helping. Unfortunately I am not very green fingered but this is a good place to start - I wonder if anyone that is more knowledgable in the field could advise me - have I left it too late this year to grown anything? Or are there things that I could start planting now or soon? We have a reasonable size garden but very little flower beds - lots of room for pots/planter though.
Any ideas/suggestions/good places to start/tips/ANYTHING would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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I know you said that you are new here, so don't worry to much but this thread will possibly be moved to Greenfingers Moneysaving. Its abit further down the main list of forums
But not to worry all replies will still be there when it gets moved.
I'll kick off with answering a question with a question, if you don't mind
Thats normally the answer to what you grow.
Your not too late at all, infact its not a bad time to start as most veg hates frost so these not much chance of that at the moment, Oh and they like rain too
Your too late for spuds at the moment, but if you wait until Sept'ish you could have new spuds for xmas dinner
Oscar Wilde
Are these timescales from seed?
ENDIS. Employed, no disposable income or savings!
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
grocery challenge...Budget £420
Wk 1 £27.10
Wk 2 £78.06
Wk 3 £163.06
Wk 4
liquid feed sold for tomatoes works for all fruit and veg, and lots of flowers too. The cheapest sort is as good as any. Once a week during the growing season once the plants are a good size (ie not little baby seedlings, when they are growing fast). Anyone can do it - they WANT to grow!! You will have the odd disaster, but you will always get something if you persevere. I have been doing it for 30 odd years, and some years are better for some crops than others. This year the strawberries are rubbish and the raspberries great, last year it is the other way round
D.