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North Yorkshire is baltic and nowt wants to grow
Broads are just showing. Spuds went in 2 weeks ago, no sign yet.
The rest is still under glass in the potting shed for now.
West Yorkshire , broadbeens just showing , last years purple sprouting broccoli still harvestable , last years leeks still in and edible , cucumbers courgettes French beens peas and lettuice coming on in the greenhouse. Onions sat in the ground doing nowt . I plan to sow some seeds today .
Outside is pretty bare but dug over and ready to go any day now with peas/ broccoli/ squash and cabbages but onions and shallots are about 1".Inside the sweetcorn and tomatoes are coming on well. Only problem I have is deciding whether to go a ride or hit the garden when I get a dry day off.
Managed to dig over the swamp in the last month, not dared plant anything yet due to the threat of frost but dpuds need to go in soon.
Was planning on an easier year this year to let the soil recover anyway.
2 rows of oregon sugar pod in, first is a few inches high, second only went in on Monday. Toms courgettes and beans all germinated in pots and now outside during the day. Last of the broccoli still being harvested and looks like I left a parsnip in too.
While the gardener's are in. Misses wants a veg patch without really changing the garden that's not going to happen. The extent of my gardening is cutting the grass and a few tubs.
What's good veg wise the grow in tubs?
The least looking after the better as I know things will get left to me and would rather go riding
My broad bean and runner bean plants are about 6 inches high at present and in pots,havent moved into the garden yet as its still a little chilly,will be very soon tho, and just transplanted my tomato plants into bigger pots as the roots were a bit squashed and that was stopping their growth,beans and toms kept in two cheap plastic greenhouses atm
As for the actual garden onions are poking through and potato leaves are poking out aswell,beans carrots leaks will be moved into garden at some point.All in south wales,warming up slowly.
Garlic, leeks and onions well under way but no sign yet of spuds. Must get squash and courgettes in the seed tray. Been over it a few times with my 'new' rotovator, it'll be interesting to see if that makes a difference.
Daz
French beans, the round ones not the flats, with a few lettuces in between to use the space before the beans get big. You can use the lettuces while still small. Btw, lettuce seeds don't grow if buried, they need light to germinate. Buy a pot of parsley from a supermarket, break it open and plant individuals, this is easier than seeds which are slow to get started. This may work with other herbs.
Watch for slugs and snails, a few slug pellets will fix them. Not in mounds or as a layer, a dozen or so per pot.
They need enough light without being baked all day long, as they might be at the bottom of a South-facing wall.
Pick the beans frequently, before they start swelling up.
The only thing growing here is the rhubarb, which grows like a weed - both in the spot I transplanted it to and the place I transplanted it from and in the compost patch.
What's good veg wise the grow in tubs?
I've done courgettes in hanging baskets before, works quite well and keeps the slugs away too.
As per stoner.
brassicas sprouting. Along with spinach, In greenhouse with paraffin heater on. Still minus here last night. Sunny today though. No sign of spuds. Nor onions. Gunna plant beans.
once I have fixed the bog.
which while I was at work last night, mysteriously pulled itself away from the wall.
???
Purple sprouting still hasn't got any head but is looking much better than a month ago. Broad beans and beetroot just coming through. Tomato seedling just put in to small pots in conservatory but not looking good. This tears potatoes not showing but rogue one from last year has come through.
Scaled it back this year as dont have time with a baby in the house
W.Yorks - Sunflowers about 3" high 🙂 , Sweetcorn & runner beans in pots, beetroot sown and red onions planted out. Over-winter onions camouflaged in weeds. New bed of strawberries planted with runners from last year.
Haven't figured out what to do with rest of plot this year, not really 'into' it yet, though I should be. (Bloomin' cold as OP says and it's all still looking a bit sad apart from plum blossom).
Never known it as continually cold in April, luckily I planted most stuff in garden late so no dead potatoes or beans. Greenhouse is all OK but have paraffin heater on overnight still
Spuds are easy in (deep) containers, like a dustbin or an old compost bag. Might be easiest to start with some salad crops though, stuff like radish goes from seed to table pretty quickly so is a good starter.
My OH put Charlotte potatoes in on Thursday and some savoy cabbage, caulis and some lettuce variety in at the start of last week. It's cold up here in County Durham though. The apple and pear trees are in blossom though, which is nice, and the tulips and other spring flowers look lovely 😀 Peas'll be going in soon.
Lots of fruit trees in blossom but precious few bees around yet (despite having a beekeeper about 5 doors away.
Seen a few bumblebees the burrowing type. No hive types tho.
Coming at you from Warwickshire.
Potatoes in a few weeks ago but still hibernating.
Cherry tomato seedlings coming up on the kitchen windowsill, but will leave there for a bit.
Onions in, bits here and there but still seems too cold so mostly shed and plot pimping going on here.
South coast here.
Last year I got fed up of the potatoes taking over my veg patch.
So I dug it up and removed every trace of potatoes.
This year my supposedly bare vegetable patch has about 10 thriving potato plants...
Nothing else is growing yet.
Haha, we did that in our garden- pulled up all of the spuds we could see and stuck a shed on top of it. We had surprise spuds last year poking out from under the side of the shed 😆
Ninja spuds? My most productive variety.
Bush tomatoes go well in tubs.
Still waiting for the snow to stop.
Got an allotment in Barnsley a couple of weeks ago,but it's a bit of a project so not much planted,still trying to get a roof on the glasshouse/potting shed.about 10 fruit trees though all in bloom,and the soft fruit beds look interesting.
Update from earlier - this years potatoes are now showing, strawberry plants have some good new growth too. The garlic has gone mental, they look more like leeks!
Need to plant cucumbers this week.
Not much happening in Stockport other than Rhubarb going great guns.
thejesmonddingo - you're just down the road, so give us a shout if you want me to pop down with the rotivator to help get the plot sorted (if it's a typical 'taken on' plot).
I built myself a 4 x 6 'square foot garden' raised bed late winter and filled with soil/compost and rotted manure. Planted/grown on onions from sets, spring onions, peas (early), mange tout, broad beans, radishes, beetroot all showing and doing ok so far (peas and beans 6 inches tall). Carrots, onions and early potatoes in pots/bags, nothing from carrots but onions and potatoes doing really well. Just planted dwarf french beans and more peas and broad beans today.
Ive noticed the strawberries are just starting to wake up, the blueberry was cut back a bit too much in the winter and might now fruit so well this year though.
Ive got tomatoes and leeks growing on at the moment and courgettes ready to sow.
Also been doing the garden with flowers too. To be honest, it's a bit too much in one go, but it keeps me off the streets.
Dont be fooled by my productive attempt, my garden is tiny and still a tip.
Im in Bristol, the weather has been mixed but ok. Just got cold again this week though.
First early spuds went in a few weeks ago, and they're well up. No sign of the maincrop just yet. We also have some alpine strawberries which are new for this year!
Notsospeedy - if you have some patio space then you have a few options; get yourself some bags of compost (usually 3 for a tenner), cut them in half and stand the halves on end. You'll have 6 containers to put whatever in. We've grown tomatoes this way, but most stuff should work, like courgette or spuds. Not bad for a tenner.