Seed catalogues
It’s still early January, but already time for us to start thinking about what we want to grow this year. Some seeds need to be planted well before spring so they get a good start before the main growing season, and that means planning the plot right now.
Tomatoes and beans are a given as they’ve always repaid us well in the past. I just hope that we get more sun this year to ripen the tomatoes, or we’re going to end up with a lot of green tomato chutney again.
We’ll probably steer clear of broccoli this time around as it takes so much careful cleaning if you don’t want to douse it in chemicals to keep the grubs at bay. Carrots, though, are easy to both grow and to prepare, and are proving to be a good winter crop this year. I guess we’ll look at doing more of them this summer, but I would like to try growing them in troughs with a soil and sand mix.
All of these are run-of-the-mill crops that don’t cost much to buy in the shops, though, which leads me to think that perhaps we should be looking to more adventurous varieties that represent a real cost saving when you grow them yourself, like squash and the rarer coloured carrots. Blueberries, too.
What are you planting in your plot this year? What should we grow in ours? Put your suggestions in the comments below.
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I just put our carrot seeds in and coverd in an old plastic sheet. It seems to make them come up a lot quicker.
What we did last year and worked really well was to store a load of Carrots in a big box of sand.
They kept for months and were still really tasty.
We have just planted some seeds-
tomatoes
broadbeans
strawberries
aubergines
They are in our study right now- as its too cold outside. Aparently the Aubergines need very hot temps to germinate. Perhaps even our study wont be warm enough… Anyone have any experience of these?
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Jenna
Hi Jenna
I’m not a very experienced gardener but I do grow aubergines in Bulgaria. I only plant when the outside temperature is guaranteed to be over 10 degrees C night and day. And yes they do like the sun and heat. When the flowers appear I have to water every day. I produce too many for daily use and have a kiln to roast the excess and then freeze them. Delicious in the winter. We have plenty of heat but we suffer from Colorado beetle. Because we stopped planting potatoes they now get on the aubergine plants. I don’t like spraying so have to hand pick the things off. Good luck with yours.
Hi I am about to turn over my first plot and I am not sure what is a good starter crop as I am no expert so if anyone has got any helpful tips or sites I can visit.
It has not been used for at least 4 or 5 years is that agood thing
Regards,
M