Brexit Cupboard : Grow your own

[BrexitGarden]

Share your tips, from window sill herb pots to crop rotation and champion planting.

If it gets to the point where food shortages require you to grow your own, you’ll also need a gun to prevent other people stealing it!

Idk I think shortages in the short term will be annoying but not the worst.
It's the food hikes in the long term I worry about.

@BowBeau , I think you are forgetting martial law. I grow my own- obviously self sufficiency is unrealistic. But having lived under martial law in another country, if twats start marauding for food, they will find themselves in jail without a trial.
With martial law, you keep your head down. You don't stick your neck out and be a twat.

I have had success with carrots in pots for not much effort. I use the baby varieties and normal potting compost and never had any issue with carrot fly etc.

So far I have tomato, courgette and beetroot seeds - I am going for things that are easy to grow and that we'll definitely eat. I also have a rhubarb plant that will be into its third year so I'm hoping for a decent crop. And one small blackcurrant bush which last year gave me about a handful of currants!

I have a thrifty tip for people who are short of bed space - I like to use grow bags for tomatoes and other things, but I use them vertically rather than horizontally....if that make sense! So, you get the grow bag, give it a good bash to break up all the compost, then fold it in half evenly so all the compost goes to either end and you get a bit of empty bag in the middle. Cut it in half, and roll down the empty plastic bit. Bash it around so more until it's in a good shape and will sit flat on the floor, then pierce some drainage holes around the bottom and you are ready to go.

The veg garden threads are great
and a strictly politics free zone

for those with slug issues I can utterly recommend this
www.gardening-naturally.com/slug-gone-safe-natural-wool-pellets
Its totally child / pet safe, composts down, is organic and helps hill farmers

it also looks ok so can be used on pots by the house

Thanks for that T1P.

I have those too.

We found sawdust kept slugs / snails away quite well last year. Better than egg shells which we also use.

I've got an allotment, but there's nothing much growing right now other than onions and garlic.

We've had our best potato results woth bags, so I'm chitting my first earlies now to grow in bags again this year.

I'll be getting peas in the ground this month as well as a few other things both sown direct or started indoors. I won't have much by 29 March though, but will be OK from May-ish.

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I grew potatoes in bags last year and had a very good crop - I used Jester and Charlotte.
Tomatoes can still do well out of doors if you don't have a greenhouse. Good outdoor varieties are Red Alert and Tamina - I've grown them for several years. If you have extra, cook with onions (and any surplus courgettes) and freeze - a good standby base for soups and curries in the winter.

I've never had much luck with dwarf French beans, but have always done well with Cosse violette French beans - not pretty before they're cooked, but they're prolific croppers, taste good and freeze well. Leeks are easy to grow too - I'm going to freeze some so if vegetables are in short supply before the net season's crop, at least we can have leek and potato soup!