As a relative newcomer to gardening, I should point out that you ought to
expect
a certain amount of disappointment. For instance, your carrots WILL be
raddled
with carrot fly unless you take precautions ( 3 foot high fleece barrier/
interplanting
with garlic/ resistant varieties ). Beetroot seem easy but keep 'em watered.
Lettuce OK but you MUST keep the slugs off, and keep them watered in hot
weather,
else they bolt. I planted some Lisbon spring onions in my heavy clay soil a
couple of years
back, and whilst they germinated, they amounted to nothing in the end - I
don't know why.
Rocket is easy but sow a little at a time else you'll have a glut ( actually
this applies to all
the others too ).
The other thing is if you have a greenhouse, bring some seedlings on
in there - you'll
get a first crop somewhat earlier. I hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs,
but a couple of
years back I planted my first vegetable seeds in my garden with gay abandon
and was
disappointed with the results.

good luck,

Andy.

"shazzbat" wrote in message
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"chris.sperry" wrote in message
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I'm new to gardening, but have recently had a go at sowing a few spring
vegetable seeds: carrots, beetroot, lettuce, spring onions, rocket.

I'm watching my carefully prepared patch like a hawk, willing a bit of
germination to take place.

Anybody got any idea which row is likely to emerge first?

Probably lettuce, but if you want fast results, you should sow/should have
sown radishes.

Steve