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*Fluffykitten*

Joined: 03 Dec 2004
Posts: 74
Location: Merthyr Tydfil

Posted: Sat Dec 04, 04 4:11 pm Post subject:

I have mostly concrete out the back 'garden' so its going to be anything i can grow in a pot for me.
Have decided on patipan squashes, aubergines, tomatoes and courgettes. Theres a host of mini veg seeds that ive got my eye on too but ive never grown veggies before so i think that i'll be biting off more than i can chew if i try these too. Ive also got some rhubarb seed that came from the seed swap on RC.net that im bursting to plant - I LOVE RHUBARB!!! and im sure i'll love it even more if its coming from my own patch. Then theres sorrel and spinach - i have actually grown these before with small sucess when i was a teenager at school in gardening club, im dying to try these too.
So i think its going to be deciding what not to grow as opposed to deciding on what to grow!!
Clair XX

daniel

Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Posts: 21
Location: Woodford Green, Essex

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 05 4:49 pm Post subject:
I went for PSB this year reading in RCCB that it is a must. It stays in a long time and doesnt crop till March so I don't think I'll do it again in my little plot. Its something an allotment would be useful for. My new years resolution is to sort that out!

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 05 5:29 pm Post subject:

I would echo that roast Jerusalem artichokes are scrummy

For me Swiss Chard has been an essential and it has produced continuously since planting it out in May. Will do loads more onions and potatoes next year as they were a resounding success. Also am looking forward to my first proper crop of asparagus in spring now that the crowns have matured. I have grown cut and come again lettuce and rocket in the greenhouse all year round, although it has slowed down at the moment.

I had raspberry canes growing through my flowerbeds when I first moved here and hacked them down (!!) but this year I shall stake them and let them fruit.

Next doors' has a huge bramble and raspberry patch that creeps over my fence, my neighbour is from Hong Kong and I don't think she even realises you can eat the fruit! I can sneak my hand through the fence and get loads

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