I'm finally ready to plant some seeds,...help?

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I've finally got a small plot ready to grow some veg,dh has worked really hard getting it ready this w'end.
What seeds can I put in now?

Do I need to start some indoors?

Can anyone recommend a good book for beginner veg gardening?

tia.

Some are best started in trays indoors but lots go straight in the ground, depends what you're planting.
Off the top of my head peas,beans,lettuce,brocoli can be either but things like radishes spring onions need to go straight in the ground.

Pippa's Organic Kitchen Garden (Pippa Greenwood) is our allotment bible.

We've planted so far: cauliflowers, onions, spring onions, carrots, radishes, leeks, turnips parsnips and peppers. Have no idea whether anything will actually come up, but I hope so!! If anyone knows anything about growing veg I will be reading with avid interest as we've only had our allotment a week and know absolutely nothing!

thanks for the replies

wow,greensleeves,I'm impressed.Are your peppers in a green house,I thought it was too cold for them here.

No, according to the nice old biddy in the allotment next to ours, the climate in Devon from about April onwards is OK for peppers... but we'll have to wait and see!! There's something very liberating about knowing bugger all - just planting stuff and seeing what happens

well it may be ok here too then,hants/dorset area.Yeh you're right ,what does it matter if it doesn't come up.

I'm getting to obsessed about doing everything in the right way...to hell I'm just gonna chuck some seeds in tomorrow.wey hey!!

I had loads of chillies last years and tomatos and peppers, hard to start from seed though takes a long time to germinate, but have bought plants from garden centre and had loads of fruit.

Oooh, that reminds me, does anyone know how long things take until you can see shoots/seedlings? I planted carrots/caulis/onions/turnips/leeks etc about a week ago and I can't wait to see something happening. Do I need to water them every day too? I have been, just in case

Keep the soil moist, so that may not need every day. My seeds that are indoors are not drying out too quickly so i've been watering every other day. - i am no expert though!

Can I join in? Yesterday DS (4) DD (2) and I planted a row of carrots and some rocket. This is our first ever attempt at growing vegetables and we are very much of the "chuck it in and see what happens" school of thought!" DH grew rocket about 5 years ago and it was pretty successful - I don't remember that we actually had to do anything to it.

We are going to plant some tomatoes in 2-3 weeks when the young plants are ready in the garden centre for transferring (I know purists grow their tomato plants from seed and my grandfather is probably turning in his grave, but we are very much amateurs). Any recommendations of good tomato plants for beginners would be appreciated.

If nothing germinates, DS will at least have had a very pleasant afternoon digging up worms.