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Fruit & Veg growers Club 2007

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nikkie · 06/01/2007 16:31

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.

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BernieBear · 21/01/2007 17:43

VVV - where can you get aubergine seeds from? I wanted to try them this year, but can't find seeds anywhere. Tried two B&Q stores, local garden centre and a seed catalogue (god, can't believe I am reading seed catalogues! Must go and buy Closer magazine to balance it out a bit!)

Spent weekend digging over my veggie patches and dug in my compost. Can't wait to get going now!

snig · 21/01/2007 18:04

I love gardening and hope to grow more this year, very interested in the carrot in pot idea will have to try that.
I'll probably be growing runner and broad beans,
tomatoes/cucumbers, peas, puumpkins, broccoli (ours failed last year) strawberrys, carrots, lettuce , potaoes spinach, herbs, onions.
we didn't grow lettuce/rocket last year and i really regretted it.
Anyone with any tips on broccoli please help.

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nikkie · 21/01/2007 19:40

aubergines and also good for other stuff too

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BernieBear · 21/01/2007 20:19

Oooooh Hooorah! Love that site. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Will maybe have to go to them. Thanks so much. Just can't wait until February. Although the hell I went through with slugs last year doesn't bear thinking about. Little B*stards.

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nikkie · 21/01/2007 21:48

Got a new plastic greenhouse thingy today , just need to put it up and my kiwi will be safe again, though whether it will have actualy survived this weeks battering with the wind

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cece · 21/01/2007 22:34

Have listed my greenhouse on eBay tonight. Search for Wooden Greenhouse if you like! It is the one with the kids toys in it!

VeniVidiVickiQV · 21/01/2007 23:21

Berniebear - I have seeds from Seeds of Italy dot com. (I was after some butterbean seeds - difficult to get hold of and so added aubergine to the list because of cost of post was same).

But Thompson and Morgan online have them. Cheap to order online.

cece · 23/01/2007 14:36

I have now (sadly) spent over an hour doing a little plan of my new veggie patch and where I am going to plant everything.

Can you buy rotted manure from garden centres?

VeniVidiVickiQV · 23/01/2007 15:39

Should be able to from larger garden centres cece.

If you can do it before the week is out teh frost we are due this week will help to break the soil up once you have forked it through.

Would strongly advise people NOT to sow anything this week.

cece · 23/01/2007 17:14

Sadly the greenhouse is still sitting on my veggie patch at the moment. Hopefully it will sell when it finishes on eBay this weekend so will be able to dig it soon!

Will try a garden centre. Do you think I culd get away with taking DH car and not mine ?

VeniVidiVickiQV · 23/01/2007 17:15

oh absolutely

have you had any bids on your greenhouse yet?

cece · 23/01/2007 17:17

That was quick!

Not yet but I have a lot of watchers!

VeniVidiVickiQV · 23/01/2007 17:23

LOL, that sounds so sinister!

cece · 23/01/2007 17:27

Yes I meant it has a lot of watchers.... Now worrying where I am going to put the garden toys..... Told my neighbour it was for sale and he thinks I am mad. He reckons he would love two greenhouses! Put to be honest the other one is quite big, so enough for me.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 23/01/2007 17:32

Well, one greenhouse would be lovely for me! Sadly, I have no room for a greenhouse so use a propogator tent thing that I take down once all my seedlings are potted on.

Garden toys should go in the shed

You can get storage boxes from B&Q and such like that are for storing garden tools in etc, but im sure it will be fine for toys.

cece · 23/01/2007 17:33

Trouble is the shed is laready pretty full with the mower and boxes of toys...

Think I need to do some serious sorting out...

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nikkie · 23/01/2007 20:57

Went to read the gas meter (behind wendy house) today and found some window boxes full of stagment(sp?) water .URGH!!!!!!
So now have more stuff to clean out!
And have talked my Dad into painting my Yard and wendy house when I'm at work (never dry on my days off!) So its tidy BEFORE I fill it this year

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martini · 23/01/2007 22:26

I'm a late joiner here but have already got my seeds from Thompson & Morgan catalogue - its so fantastic - have gone completely mad and bought aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes, chillis, runner beans, carrots, pumpkins (spot the heavy preference on squash type veggies).

I grow lots in pots and am hoping to spread out a bit into my flower beds this year but tricky with football fanatic DS on the scene.

Also gave DP a patio potato starter kit for bday so now have 16 little seed potatos sitting in egg boxes getting ready to shoot.

I've also got some flowers including sweet peas - may start other thread for advice about these.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 23/01/2007 23:03

We could have our own organic market with all this veg being grown

mrsnoah · 23/01/2007 23:10

Please can I join?
Am a very novice gardener yet in my heart I am Barbara from the Good Life.

Have almost broken back in Autumn preparing 4 beautiful raised beds to rotate crops in. One has cabbages in and one has beans in. Swiss chard is not doing very well, but have some onions coming along nicely. All in nice neat lines til the dogs come charging over them.

I have a teeny weeny orchard with apple, pear,plums and 2 hens (3 got gobbled last week sadly).

Would like to grow potatoes this year and lots of salad to encourage little'uns to eat ther greens.
Also I MUST grow some pumpkins. I sya that every year and always forget.

Need a very small green house down there no bigger than waist height. any suggestions?

allmytimeonmumsnet · 24/01/2007 10:09

MrsNoah - get your DH to wee in your orchard. Will help scare the foxes away. Also I understand tiger poo is meant to be good deterrent - could you put some under your fruit trees to boost them.

sweet peas need to be soaked overnight before you sow them. I read the packet this year which is probably why they didn't do well last year!

VeniVidiVickiQV · 24/01/2007 10:51

Wyvales do something like a waist height grow house mrsnoah.

mrsnoah · 24/01/2007 19:40

There arent many tigers around in Yorkshire (fortunately)
Where on earth did you hear that? And where do you suggest I get some?

Thanks vvv

allmytimeonmumsnet · 25/01/2007 09:54

They sell toger poo in garden centres

cece · 25/01/2007 21:07

I have chicken poo but it is used as a fertilizer. When I take the lid off of the bucket it stinks. Dread to think what tiger poo would smelllike

Well greenhouse now has two people coming to visit it on Sat. Auction finishes on Sun so I may be able to dig over my veggie patch soon