Topic: new and inexperianced

[melann]

hi all
im new to the site and new to gardening
i have just getting an allotment done a little digging and have a nice turned over patch but do not know what i can plant at this time of year any help will be appreciated
mel

[kt.]

Welcome to the site.  You can search for information you need or just ask away till your hearts content.

[oakmore2]

Welcome to A4A!!

I've just planted some onion sets and garlic. Also soon can plant broad beans.
Also radishes, lettuce, chard etc.

I'm sure someone will come along with a much longer list - I'm a novice too!

Good luck with it anyway and hope you enjoy your lottie.

xx

[thifasmom]

here are a few links to this topic that were up recently

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,44983.0.html

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,45549.0.html

on Sunday i sowed to plant out under cloches:

• lettuce: baby gem
• carrots: autumn king 2

• beetroot (you never know might get a few baby ones for Christmas)
• Chinese leaves

• radishes
• spinach

• pak choi
• kale

next month i will sow some broadbeans to overwinter for a early crop next year no need to cover with cloche, but wind protection is good in exposed areas.

and in November i will sow my garlic, again no need to cover. although you may want to net against the birds pulling they cloves out before the get a chance to root.

others will fill you in on lots more i'm sure, and welcome to the site.

[manicscousers]

hiya, melann, welcome to a4a..all of the above, plus it's coming to where you can plant up a fruit plot..strawberries, all the currants and fruit trees, if you're allowed.. :)

[melann]

thanks alot
some good bits of advice and help
mel

[lorna]

Welcome aboard join in and enjoy

[saddad]

Welcome to the site Melann...  ;D

[manicscousers]

I forgot, you can plant up a herb bed, too  ;D

[littlebabybird]

and theres stil a tiny bit of time for spinach (sorry just love the stuff)

[cornykev]

Hi Mel and welcome to the Asylum.  :P      ;D ;D ;D

[amphibian]

Where in the country are you, it does make a difference, down here in sunny Kent you can get away with a lot more than you can in Northumberland, if you see what I mean.

[thifasmom]

and theres stil a tiny bit of time for spinach (sorry just love the stuff)

i am trying a late sowing of spinach as a last chance, every sowing this year bolted, in the end i used spinach beet with great success and we are still harvesting from about nine plants. will cover them with a cloche as I'm not sure if they are frost hardy.

and if this spinach bolts/ dies then i will stick to spinach beet from now on as i seem to be successful with that and they taste the same. oh i plan to cover the spinach if they actually grow :-\ :D.

[melann]

hi all and thanks for the welcome ;)
im in sunny (or not) sunderland and the lot i have just aquired has not had any plants in it for 10 year so ive been told
the soil is good and nice and dark im gonna get a ph test kit and see what happenes there but the pile of weed and grass ive got just seems to be never ending (someone says asylam) haha

[saddad]

Spinach beet, AKA Perpetual Spinach is almost indestructible!!  ;D

[thifasmom]

Spinach beet, AKA Perpetual Spinach is almost indestructible!!  ;D

is it? good, hope to get a few harvests from it over the winter then yum!!

[cornykev]

Ah a makum.  ;D ;D ;D