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What are you growing new from seed this year?
The catalogues have started to arrive...
What are you growing from seed this year, and why? |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
: The catalogues have started to arrive...
: : What are you growing from seed this year, and why? I am growing mostly the same but ensuring that I cover the leeks and carrots with fleece next year to avoid the destruction of the crops by the leek moth and carrot fly respectively. Any other tips welcome. I am trying new types of pumpkins as I have bought, online, a mixed pack of weird looking ones from http://www.seedsofitaly.co.uk/ |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
Victoria Clare wrote:
The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? The ususal, with one or 2 new things thrown in.. Ususal includes Toms, spuds, onions, carrots, 'neeps, courgettes, squash, chillies, corn, etc.. Gonna look more closely at cultivars known to perform well in our soils location where poss.. Want to make the effort to get better onions, carrots and swede as well. And indulge my passion for exotic edible ornamentals.. I may well treat myself to a 'UK Pepper' after my visit to the ART research site this year.. SPICY, and a damn sght cheaper than buying black pepper in the shops;-) And I see T&M are offering highly priced sweet potato slips.. / Jim |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
Victoria Clare wrote: The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? Well, last year I grew a couple of really nice peas - Lathyrus chlorantha, with lemon yellow flowers, and a variety of L sativa with 'steel blue' flowers - both so nice that I shall be looking for other Lathyrus sp when Chilterns catalogue arrives. And some Lithops - some damned snail ate my last year's crop. Salvia - one of my chilterns 'mixed perennials' turned out to be a beautiful salvia with dusky pinky purple flowers, a beautiful colour, so this is an area to explore further. And it's about time I got to grips with identification of grasses in the wild, so I shall buy some named grass seed to be sure I have a firm identification to start with ... I find a lot of my plant growing is not so much to provide something nice for the garden, but to find out about the growth habit and the looks of a particular plant. .. sort of .. one step further than looking it up in a book. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:03:44 +0000, Victoria Clare
wrote: The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? I had something of a break from any serious gardening this year - so the whole place is a bit of a mess ( AKA wildlife garden, guv ). But - I had a six ton grain wagon turn up last weekend stacked full to the brim with grade A horse manure. It's a very peculiar thing to be woken up first thing on a Sunday morning by a farmer shouting 'Oi, 'ere's yer shit - where d'ya want it?'. For the most part I'm simply going to lay it over the veg patch a foot deep, and plant straight into it under black polythene next season ( it'd take too long to weed the plot... and now the 'rains' have arrived ). That's going to leave me with a very rich surface layer - so I'm going for gross feeders this year. I quite fancy some of the more esoteric squashes - and I reckon a goodly range of beans will be on the cards, including the curiously named Lab Lab bean. I'm considered growing beans for dry storage too - something I've not tried before. Peas will be the usual Alderman - simply because I've got the space, plus Douce Provence ( if I can find them ). I'd considered buying some of those giant pumpkin seeds - but what the hell d'you do with a pumpkin that's over a yard in diameter?? Make a shed out of it? Quite fancy the snazzy blue pumpkins Marshalls are offering... And now that I have four large 'sleepers' - and all the manure I can poke a stick at, I might invest in a strawberry patch - so that I can eat 'em 'til I puke ( hopefully not literally ). Globe artichokes are on the list too ( again ) - though I make no promises that I'll get a crop by the end of the year - and I reckon it's high time I bought those apple trees I've been promising myself for years now. Anyone got any recommendations for a nice, fresh, crisp apple with a bit of a bite that does well in an organic garden? Elephant garlic looks like it might be fun - and with a sifted bed of well rotted manure I reckon I ought to be able to grow some spectacularly tasty carrots. Might give Sytan a go - though carrot fly doesn't seem to be that much of a problem up here. No blooms on the list as yet - the bed that runs along the rear hedge is 'mature' ( read overgrown ) and desperately needs thinning out - so that pretty much takes care of the fancy gardening for next year. BUT - just adjacent to my workshop a couple are setting up a large polytunnel. Seems they're going to trade rare flower seeds, so I expect that there may well be a few 'end of line' plants up for grabs from time to time. Eat yer heart out eh? Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
Robert wrote:
: The catalogues have started to arrive... : : What are you growing from seed this year, and why? I am growing mostly the same but ensuring that I cover the leeks and carrots with fleece next year to avoid the destruction of the crops by the leek moth and carrot fly respectively. Any other tips welcome. I am trying new types of pumpkins as I have bought, online, a mixed pack of weird looking ones from http://www.seedsofitaly.co.uk/ John Seymour recomends scattering soot to deter these pests. I haven't tried it, but I'm going to have a go this year. There was also some bloke on the Gardener's World allotment special a while back who swore by earthing up his carrots to prevent carrot fly. Seems suspiciously simple to me, but again, I'm going to try it. |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
Stephen Howard wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:03:44 +0000, Victoria Clare wrote: The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? I had something of a break from any serious gardening this year - so the whole place is a bit of a mess ( AKA wildlife garden, guv ). But - I had a six ton grain wagon turn up last weekend stacked full to the brim with grade A horse manure. It's a very peculiar thing to be woken up first thing on a Sunday morning by a farmer shouting 'Oi, 'ere's yer shit - where d'ya want it?'. For the most part I'm simply going to lay it over the veg patch a foot deep, and plant straight into it under black polythene next season ( it'd take too long to weed the plot... and now the 'rains' have arrived ). That's going to leave me with a very rich surface layer - so I'm going for gross feeders this year. I quite fancy some of the more esoteric squashes - and I reckon a goodly range of beans will be on the cards, including the curiously named Lab Lab bean. I'm considered growing beans for dry storage too - something I've not tried before. Peas will be the usual Alderman - simply because I've got the space, plus Douce Provence ( if I can find them ). I'd considered buying some of those giant pumpkin seeds - but what the hell d'you do with a pumpkin that's over a yard in diameter?? Make a shed out of it? Win the 'biggest' pumkin entry in the local show.. Start a pumkin soup business Quite fancy the snazzy blue pumpkins Marshalls are offering... They're very nice eaing as well;-) And now that I have four large 'sleepers' - and all the manure I can poke a stick at, I might invest in a strawberry patch - so that I can eat 'em 'til I puke ( hopefully not literally ). Globe artichokes are on the list too ( again ) - though I make no promises that I'll get a crop by the end of the year - and I reckon it's high time I bought those apple trees I've been promising myself for years now. Anyone got any recommendations for a nice, fresh, crisp apple with a bit of a bite that does well in an organic garden? Elephant garlic looks like it might be fun - and with a sifted bed of well rotted manure I reckon I ought to be able to grow some spectacularly tasty carrots. Might give Sytan a go - though carrot fly doesn't seem to be that much of a problem up here. No blooms on the list as yet - the bed that runs along the rear hedge is 'mature' ( read overgrown ) and desperately needs thinning out - so that pretty much takes care of the fancy gardening for next year. BUT - just adjacent to my workshop a couple are setting up a large polytunnel. Seems they're going to trade rare flower seeds, so I expect that there may well be a few 'end of line' plants up for grabs from time to time. Eat yer heart out eh? Lucky swine;-) / Jim |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... Victoria Clare wrote: The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? Well, last year I grew a couple of really nice peas - Lathyrus chlorantha, with lemon yellow flowers, and a variety of L sativa with 'steel blue' flowers - both so nice that I shall be looking for other Lathyrus sp when Chilterns catalogue arrives. And some Lithops - some damned snail ate my last year's crop. Salvia - one of my chilterns 'mixed perennials' turned out to be a beautiful salvia with dusky pinky purple flowers, a beautiful colour, so this is an area to explore further. And it's about time I got to grips with identification of grasses in the wild, so I shall buy some named grass seed to be sure I have a firm identification to start with ... I find a lot of my plant growing is not so much to provide something nice for the garden, but to find out about the growth habit and the looks of a particular plant. .. sort of .. one step further than looking it up in a book. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm That's an interesting idea Kay (speaking as someone - ie qualified ecologist -who should know their grasses but doesn't). Do you think this could be expanded? Mail order eggs to raise Little Brown Birds from? Michael S |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
Victoria Clare wrote: The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? Well, last year I grew a couple of really nice peas - Lathyrus chlorantha, with lemon yellow flowers, and a variety of L sativa with 'steel blue' flowers - both so nice that I shall be looking for other Lathyrus sp when Chilterns catalogue arrives. And some Lithops - some damned snail ate my last year's crop. Salvia - one of my chilterns 'mixed perennials' turned out to be a beautiful salvia with dusky pinky purple flowers, a beautiful colour, so this is an area to explore further. snip Kay, as you know there's a huge range of Salvias and one of the best for this time of year is Salvia confertiflora. It has long spires of rusty red flowers and ours is still out now. It's not hardy, though so cuttings need to be taken. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
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from Victoria Clare contains these words: The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? Gawd, where do I start with a new allotment. Biggest one has to be pumpkins as we are having a competion with the next door neighbour. |
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and may be some herbs (also just like to say thanks to everyone who answered my questions so far I have learnt more from you nice people here than the last 3 books i have read)
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:58:40 +0000, Stephen Howard
wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:49:00 +0000, (Jim W) wrote: Stephen Howard wrote: I'd considered buying some of those giant pumpkin seeds - but what the hell d'you do with a pumpkin that's over a yard in diameter?? Make a shed out of it? Win the 'biggest' pumkin entry in the local show.. Start a pumkin soup business Made some pumpkin soup yesterday ( it's that time of year ). I think I can live without it.... Anyone got a decent recipe for a pumkin cake? I once had Pumpkin and Pecan Pie, in Florida, that I quite enjoyed. There are lots of pumpkin recipes here. http://www.obh.snafu.de/~solon/lofab...index-nop.html ..snafu.de indeed ! -- Martin |
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What are you growing new from seed this year?
"Victoria Clare" wrote in message .209... The catalogues have started to arrive... What are you growing from seed this year, and why? Dunno yet but there's usually a few (pages, that is) in Chiltern's that arouse my curiosity. And this time I'm going to make *sure* the labels are weather proof and will stay put. Rod |
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