Any arbtalking veg growers in da house?

[s.varty]

Part of my job involves growing fruit and vegetables for the main house. Going to be experimenting this year with chilli seeds from India, as well as replanting a Victorian orchard with heritage varieties.

 

Very interesting,good luck with that:thumbup1:

[WorcsWuss]

grow your own is the future:thumbup1: me and my3 year old started last weekend... peas beans beetroot pak choi tomatoes and you can laugh all you like but every year i grow sweet peas:blushing:my granddad had a garden full of them and i like the smell.

 

try pak choi it grow really well in salford!! plot to wok in seconds it lush stuff with chilli garlic and ginger

 

LOVE pak choi, have to try that

[NI Tree]

plan it then put the seeds in the ground

[NI Tree]

LOVE pak choi, have to try that

 

pak choi do rock

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I've had two allotments in my time but ran out of time to manage them. Would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd had the time to do things properly instead of always playing catch up. I used to run a strict three year rotation and tried to avoid any chemicals (without knowing what residues were in the manure). I even tried a bit of companion planting to exercise pest control - onions among the carrots, that sort of thing.

 

We'll move house one more time, then there'll be a veggie patch at home instead of 15 minutes walk away.

 

Tony, a bit of planning will go a long way, but I'm sure you're organised enough for that anyway. Best of luck with it.

 

Jon

 

thats a shame about the time thing, as for me planning, I am a very green fingered soul, used to feed half the close I used to live in off a plot 1/10th what ive got here:thumbup:

 

and this time theres even going to be some fungi cultivation!

[Goaty]

I have great intentions, then its the watering. I spent last summer making compost and thoughly enjoyed that. Have set up a couple of raised beds as well, Got asparagus, strawberries in a barrel, lots of experimenting, also intend to sand filter bath water for some crops as we don't get a lot of rain (except last year)

Got a kiwi fruit, Tayberries Rhubarb, Aronia, honeyberry.

Have got spinach in now and japanese overwintering onions Sensyu. Garlic is out and growing.

And yes Tony I want to do some fungi logs.

I recommend charles dowdings book as well. Read it a couple of months back.

Hoping to make compost tea as well (the dream list is getting big)

 

I liked watching Geoff Hamilton as a kid when organic was poo pood. He made sense.

Also have some bocking 14 comfrey plants.

 

Favourite tomato to grow is sweet million F1 a cherry type.

 

Spring is almost here dudes and we are in good company, If Mr Bullman shaped himself last year, Mrs B should have raised beds.

 

Sniffing the humus already dudes.

[Pat Ferrett]

Had a feed of turnip tops from the allotment yesterday with the roast

I had a raised border about 3m x 1.5 at the old house and grew enough salad to keep 2 lunch boxes stacked for the whole summer, toms in hanging baskets and radish in bucket

[Goaty]

We should do a poll, Does your pee stink unreal after eating asparagus, Yes or No.

 

Apparentley it's a genetic thing you have either got it or you aint. It still startles me the first time I have it each season.

[s.varty]

We should do a poll, Does your pee stink unreal after eating asparagus, Yes or No.

 

Apparentley it's a genetic thing you have either got it or you aint. It still startles me the first time I have it each season.

 

Mine dont, georgeous stuff with a bit of butter:thumbup1:

[finky]

Watering is not a problem is the north west as it feels like it rains all the time!!!!!