Anyone growing any veg this year?

Claireack

Tried searching to see if there was another thread on veg, couldn't find one.

Anyhow, anyone growing anything this year. We've got an allotment (small piece of council ground that we rent/year to grow stuff on), we've been busy digging it over and weeding it but yesterday we planted a couple of onion sets. Was quite excited to actually get something put in the ground.

We've also got lots of seeds in pots trying to get them to grow.

81

i'll be growing grass this year.....at least until august.

Hub.

I'm waiting for April, but yes.

I will grow some vegs in my garden (I'd been doing that for 5 years).

g under p

You mean other than cannibis.... just kidding.

We are setting up plots of lettuce, eggplant, peppers (sweet and hot), pumpkin to run all over the yard. So far. Vegetables are so much cheaper than meat these days.

Peace

Hub.

And tastier than those you buy in supermakets (especially tomatoes).

maj4e

Every year. Tomatoes, peppers and some cilantro etc.

Claireack

Phew, thank goodness people replied! I thought this might die a death within 5 seconds of posting.

This is only our second year of planting stuff. The potatoes are currently chitting so a few weeks and they'll go in. Our peas are doing well and are little plants. Cut and come again lettuce is sprouting along with brocolli. Still waiting on signs of life from, french beans, courgettes, butternut squash, beetroot and I'm sure we've planted something else but can't remember what.

Strawberries are in the ground from last year along with raspberries which I hope will grow this year as they just remained long twigs with leaves on last year.

Question if anyone knows, we using those biodegradable pots that you just stick in the soil when the plants ready for going in. Unfortunately some of them are already looking a bit mouldy, may have possibly over watered them. Have we knackered the seeds or will they be ok?

Claireack

Hub. wrote:

And tastier than those you buy in supermakets (especially tomatoes).

We had absolutely no luck with the tomatoes we grew on our window ledge last year. They got some kind of fly infestation and never produced any fruit. Wondering whether to bother or not this year, they are damn tasty though, so might reconsider.

Hub.

Even if I grow other kind of vegetables, tomatoes are the main reason why I do it.

Claireack

Bubbles wrote:

i'll be growing grass this year.....at least until august.

vduboise

Claireack wrote:

Unfortunately some of them are already looking a bit mouldy, may have possibly over watered them. Have we knackered the seeds or will they be ok?

You may have some problems with those. you can try and put them in a pot and get it started a bit early- I've tried it before, and sometimes it works.

I have a big plot in the backyard that I want to do something with, but the weeds take over. I would have to totally till it and then put a lot of new top soil to make something out of it. We will see, as it starts to warm up.

Jason P

I moved into a place with a sizable garden. Half of it has strawberries from last year that I'm hoping will come back. I will need to start thinking about the other half and what I could plant.

My problem is that I have absolutely no gardening experience and I once killed a Chia-Pet. Wish me luck!

Hub.

Good luck Jason.

RKCNDY

I will be growing clover, moss, blackberry bushes and dandelions in my yard this year!

Claireack wrote:

Question if anyone knows, we using those biodegradable pots that you just stick in the soil when the plants ready for going in. Unfortunately some of them are already looking a bit mouldy, may have possibly over watered them. Have we knackered the seeds or will they be ok?

I would probably try to replant the seeds into other pots, mold can kill the young seedlings :(

Tomatoes are really easy to grow, just all the bugs and slugs really like them as well. Either place copper nails/wire around the plants or shallow tins around the garden filled with beer to keep slugs away. For the bugs on the plants, I buy chewing tobacco (Red Man brand, the 'natural' stuff) and soak some in boiling water to make a 'tobacco tea' (make it really strong!) add in crushed garlic and let it soak for a few hours. Strain into a spray bottle, and spray the plants with the 'tea', bugs don't like garlic or tobacco, and will stay away. I used this trick on my roses, and never had to buy ladybugs or use any other bug spray. No, my roses did not smell like tobacco or garlic either.
You can also just plant garlic around your tomatoes to keep bugs away, not sure how well that works, never tried it.

dunkman

I won't be... I bought 3 carrots in a supermarket the other day and it cost about 14p.

Why bother digging and getting mucky, sore, bored, etc waiting for stuff to grow when you can buy it for that cheap? Also, these suckers near me have allotments and I just get up at 6-ish and take when i want.

Hub.

dunkman wrote:

Also, these suckers near me have allotments and I just get up at 6-ish and take when i want.

Claireack

RKCNDY wrote:

I will be growing clover, moss, blackberry bushes and dandelions in my yard this year!

Dandelion tea??

vduboise wrote:

You may have some problems with those. you can try and put them in a pot and get it started a bit early- I've tried it before, and sometimes it works.

Will give it a go

dunkman wrote:

suckers near me have allotments and I just get up at 6-ish and take when i want

I will be erecting a dunk-proof fence! Plus I don't think they'll let you accross the border if you're a veg rustler.

Nothingman54

I'm gonna try growing using hydroponics. Tomatoes, peppers and maybe fruit of some sort.

Jason P

what is a good list of fool-proof veggies to start off with?

loveontwolegs

Tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, bell peppers, jalepenos, egg plants, radishes, cilantro, chives, dill.

It's a little too cold in Chicagoland for planting though.

Can't wait... A head of NON-Organic red leaf lettuce cost me $2.14 on Saturday. Made me sick.

I supplement my garden with a CSA Share during the growing months too.

stuckinline

this is the old gardening thread:

http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.ph ... lit=garden

Claireack

stuckinline wrote:

this is the old gardening thread:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=95258&hilit=garden

Thanks for that - knew I remembered somthing.

loveontwolegs wrote:

I supplement my garden with a CSA Share during the growing months too.

What's a CSA? Is it a bit like our allotment?

loadedgun

Trying them all from seeds this year:
Jalapenos, Green & red bell peppers, cucumber, squash, gourds, cilantro.
The cucumbers are really taking off already. Much quicker than everything else.

The wife gets her tomato plants already started from the store, so we'll have those as well.
Plus whatever else I might run acroos.

loveontwolegs

[quote="Claireack
What's a CSA? Is it a bit like our allotment?[/quote]

Not sure what your allotment is?

CSA stands for community supported agriculture. You buy a "share" or the local farmer's crops to get delivered to you. It is really awesome to know the farmer actually growing your stuff.

Once a week I get a produce box filled with whatever was harvested that week. Then, once a month I get meat and pantry goods (flour, cornmeal, honey) all locally grown and raised.

Gonna try my hand at canning fruits and veggies this year.

Claireack

loveontwolegs wrote:

[quote="Claireack
What's a CSA? Is it a bit like our allotment?

Not sure what your allotment is?

CSA stands for community supported agriculture. You buy a "share" or the local farmer's crops to get delivered to you. It is really awesome to know the farmer actually growing your stuff.

Once a week I get a produce box filled with whatever was harvested that week. Then, once a month I get meat and pantry goods (flour, cornmeal, honey) all locally grown and raised.

Gonna try my hand at canning fruits and veggies this year.[/quote]

That's a really good idea.

Our allotment is council land that we rent and can grow stuff on. There are some allotments that you're allowed to keep chickens etc on. Don't think I want to go there though.

We've still got courgettes in our freezer from last year, never thought about canning.

autumn

I'm gardening in my backyard again. This year I'll (hopefully) be growing kohlrabi, tomatoes (they really are sooo much better straight from the garden), snow peas, eggplant, english cucumbers, peppers, asparagus, and I'm going to try quinoa for the first time.
I'm also growing a garden with my class. We're growing "salad". It includes lettuce, carrots, radish, cucumber and cherry tomatoes. They are so excited! We have a worm compost bin and lots of great fetilizer from it. I have warned them that just because you plant it, doesn't mean it will come to fruition. Let's hope it all works out *fingers crossed*!

mickeyrat

is that what the kids are calling it these days?

tinkerbell

Over summer I grew lettuce, potatoes (all year round), peas, strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes (still got heaps on the vines), tried growing capsicum but they failed.

Now my garden is overgrown with potatoes and pumpkins (looks like I'll be making lots of soup). During autumn and winter our patch doesn't get much sun so doesn't do too well.

JaneNY

We'll be planting, but its a good two months yet before we can safely plant most things. We can get a frost right up until June 1st, so no tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc. before then. My husband always plants too much zucchini, and I don't even like it. Fortunately he has a lot of friends he gives it to.

Claireack

Zucchini is a courgette?? We had masses last year and it's not my favourite veg, but we got a soup recipe and it was fantastic! I may not be a courgette fan in some forms but courgette soup is now one of my favourites.

stuckinline

I grow veggies in a community garden. It will be a few months before I can plant anything.