Who's planted what in the Garden/Plot?

[ComedyPilot]

Its surprising what you can grow in a square foot of land. Just a few links showing what can be done, we had a garden like this were I worked at St Nicks and it always surprised me how much food they could grow in a small space.

http://www.squarefootgardening.com/

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...resnum=6&ved=0CCAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/schools_organic_network/leaflets/SquareFootGardening.pdf

Cool links, ta.

 

[snakehips]

Grow better vegetables and improve your Italian at the same time .................

Orto Familiale

Snake

 

[ASC1951]

Which reminds me. I phoned the manure bloke the other week for a load..

Well, here is my Top Tip. Manure needs to be dug in and is often full of weed seeds. Try spent hops instead, which any brewery produces in large quantities - it won't scorch your plants, there are no seeds in it, you can just leave it on the surface and the worms will dig it in for you. The best method is to put it on a foot thick in the autumn and leave it, but you can dig it in just like manure if you want.

The only downside is that you have to be careful about quantity. Tetleys sold me 'a load' for £25 delivered and it was only when I got home that I found they meant an industrial skip full i.e. about 5 tons. A local microbrewery would be able to offer more manageable amounts.

 

[wafflycat]

Yesterday I put a plastic sheet down in the living room and started sowing some seeds into trays. So far have done leaks, coriander, peppers and chillies.

May sow some lettuce seeds later on.

You need a plumber for those

 

[wafflycat]

After sorting out The Laydeez this morning, I had a swift look at the bedraggled state of the pots which had veggies in last summer. Most are dead and gone, but the garlic is poking lots of heads out of the soil, having survived (surprisingly) the wet, cold, ice, snow...

 

[mr Mag00]

looking for some advice.
I have a gardening group next week with some special needs children.
I have access to a polytunnel, not sure, eg pots or seeds trays, what else but also an empty plot.
so what can i sow in the poly and is there anything i can plant in the ground yet? cheers in advance

 

[accountantpete]

looking for some advice.
I have a gardening group next week with some special needs children.
I have access to a polytunnel, not sure, eg pots or seeds trays, what else but also an empty plot.
so what can i sow in the poly and is there anything i can plant in the ground yet? cheers in advance

It's still a bit early for most crops - you could get away with 1st early potatoes under cover - but best to wait until March.

You should definitely plant some Sunflowers later on in the year as the kids love them.

 

[wafflycat]

Get them to make paper pots from sheets of newspaper, old phone directories.. fill them with compost & plant in them? Plant beans, peas, squashes... unlikely to come to fruition yet, but if kept frost-free they just might.

 

[wafflycat]

It's still a bit early for most crops - you could get away with 1st early potatoes under cover - but best to wait until March.

You should definitely plant some Sunflowers later on in the year as the kids love them.

Oh yes.. Potatoes. And how about planting them in unusual containers, such as old compost bags?

 

[wafflycat]

Don't forget to plant some garlic cloves.

 

[fossyant]

Looks like we are starting this weekend. Wife and kids cleared the greenhouse out for a clean (for me to do), moved the compost bin to a more assessible point, and ordered a new potting table (should be here next week whilst I'm off work.

So this weekend is clearing the old crap out, and rotovating the veg plot (great lazy gadget I bought when my shoulder was knackered last spring).

No idea what we are planting yet. considering planting the potatoes in big pots this year as we lost a load to pests (they'd eaten into the potatoes - may have left it too late to dig up).

 

[Slowgrind]

mr MagOO have you tried this for quick results ? http://www.howtodothings.com/home-garden/how-to-grow-mustard-and-cress

 

[fossyant]

Greenhouse now sparkling......jet washed inside and out, then scrubbed with Jeys Fluid, then jet washed again. Just need to replace one pane of glass, new potting table should arrive next week, and I've made a 2 metre poly tunnel out of scraps of metal (from an old cold frame and some poly sheeting. Veg plot dug over too.....

 

[fossyant]

PS forgot to mention, my 9 year old son did the research into the poly tunnel and how to cover it etc..... He saw a ready made one in the local garden centre, and then since mentioning we had some spare bits and bobs, and a big sheet of polythene..... he was off..on the web etc......sorted.

 

[ASC1951]

No idea what we are planting yet.

How about Jerusalem artichokes? I bang a few in every year - completely bombproof and you can let them over-winter without any fear of pest damage. Very prolific, too, if the soil is rich enough.