Fruit & Veg growers Club 2007

[nikkie]

What is everyone planning to grow this year?
I have the bluberry bushes, strawberries,apple and pear from last year and hopefully i will get some proper fruit this year.Will be growing peas/tomatos/lettuce for definate as they all did really well. Cape gooseberry plants did well but fruit needed a couple more weeks of sun and never quite made it ,possibly start earlier this time.

anyone?

oh i miss the gardening threads!!

how do i start trying

Thats what I was thinking
Just wait til the Summer and we're sick of the 'What shall I do with all my tomatos/who has the biggest tomatos/why haven't I got any tomatos' and I'll be on all of them

boobylicious- what do you fancy?

I have to grow veg and stuff in pots so this year will be the usual carrots and potatoes. But I also want to try runner beans and I have some onions in too.
I have been thinking about getting a blueberry bush too as DS loves the berrys

have got a 22 week old huge garden mostly grass wats easy and hardy have got a garden that sun all day long

Oh -can I join??
IInpire me someone - what can I grow in pots on my patio?
Want to try potatoes in car tyre thing this year, always do tomatoes, strawberries & 'erbs ... what else is good?? Had a min-greenhouse thing for Christmas and itching to get started!

Oh -can I join??
IInpire me someone - what can I grow in pots on my patio?
Want to try potatoes in car tyre thing this year, always do tomatoes, strawberries & 'erbs ... what else is good?? Had a min-greenhouse thing for Christmas and itching to get started!

Carrots in pots are so easy and I havn't had carrot fly probs in 3 years

wen do i need to start and wat do i need

A big pot (I have a plastic flower pot about 14 ins across and about same depth), some general compost/soil, and some carrot seeds!I sow mine about March/ April time. The packet tells you how

oh and I just got the kids garden gang seeds. My DS is 2.4 and loves gardening and for the past year and a bit has helped do the digging/sowing bit

thanq mrs vern

booby marches off to a garden centre website to mooch

I'd love to join you. I think I shall add this to threads I am watching. We are just having our garden 'done' (big project costing mega bucks) but it will include a vegetable patch, or to be more specific, 4 raised beds.

Did anyone see the grow your own vegetables programme on BBC2 on Friday night at 8.30 pm. It's a series on every week

They talked about jerusalem artichokes on the programme yesterday. Apparently they are harvested between November and February and you can make excellent chips with them!

I just do pots/grow bags etc.Although I did slip rather a lot of plants into my Dads allotment last year

Peas/beans are easy , either in pots or garden just need something to grow up and kids will pick and pod them and eat the peas raw.

Tomatos can either be done from seed but need to be under cover to start or buy plants from Garden centre/market for about 50p each and you'll get loads

Lettuce /rocket/salad stuff easy I do it in a window box and have about 3 on rotation (1 new seeded, 1 growing/1 eating)

Strawberries easy-buy plants , then put in ground/pot then wait they wills end off runners at the end of the summer and then you get more plants for next year

missed that programme. I make it all up as I go along LOL

My plastic green house thing blew away last week it was looking after my kiwi plant which weighted the base down but the rest went.found half the frame but the cover and the rest have disappeared
Are they in Wilkos yet?Thats a really good spot for seeds/pplant pots etc

I'd recommend it - the host has an infectious enthusiasm, and it's a really watchable programme

my plastic greenhouse is weighed down with abag of sand and is tied to the wall. They were clearing xmas stuff and filling gardening stuff in wilkos last week

www.rhs.org.uk/vegetablesregister for freebies

try this

2nd link works

How did I forget courgettes very easy (pumpkins /squash etc too) and you get a lot from each seed so don't plant the whole pack