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
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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
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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
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.
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.. :)
thanks alot
some good bits of advice and help
mel
Welcome aboard join in and enjoy
Welcome to the site Melann... ;D
I forgot, you can plant up a herb bed, too ;D
and theres stil a tiny bit of time for spinach (sorry just love the stuff)
Hi Mel and welcome to the Asylum. :P ;D ;D ;D
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.
Quote from: littlebabybird on September 23, 2008, 17:11:13
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.
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
Spinach beet, AKA Perpetual Spinach is almost indestructible!! ;D
Quote from: saddad on September 23, 2008, 22:54:40
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!!
Ah a makum. ;D ;D ;D