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OK, I'll go first --- I've put a sweet potatoe into water this week for start getting slips as I refuse to pay for somthing that is relatively easy to do yourself with the correctt planning and time).  I will also be putting some onion seeds into the heated propogator this week-end.  Also, is it too early to sow cauliflower seeds - the 'Grow your Own' Almanac saw not??

If I get down to the lottie and it's not been blown away this week-end I would like to try and get some broad beans in and some Feltham First Peas.

Come on now -- don't be shy - own up!

Jitterbug

Erm, nothing yet!  Being the most disorganised person in the world I haven't yet planned what I'm going to grow this year!  Done plenty of daydreaming though!  Think I might start some sweet peas because they are a definite for me again.  Got some Borlotti beans that I will try again (no success last year) can I start them now?  Will be good to see what everyone else is up to...
:)

sweet potatoes too, broad beans in cells, parella red lettuce, mixed leaves, all on the windowsill, red crimson spring onions and globe onions in cells in a propagator in the greenhouse, nothing too wierd yet, lettuce are up !  ;D ;D

we only planted our barlottos in pots end of march, i think, got a reasonable crop though, ours were bush ones  ;D

Early girl here slight advantage sowing in Spain!!! only had one frosty night so far!
sowing derby day cabbage, leeks (2nd sowing) lots of tomatoes, peppers and aubergine, okra is showing all in the greenhouse.
Arran pilot potatoes chitting, red bulb and normal (dont know variety) onions in last weekend
some tiny leeks in the ground already.
going to sow beetroot and more cabbage maybe some cauli this evening!

Already have:
- about 20 sweet potato slips potted (and still twenty on the potato). They are on a windowsill over a radiator since december. They are still doing fine, although three of them got yellow leaves, then black stems. With so many slips this was not a problem.
- 36 broad beans (threetimes white) in toilet rolls, outside in a box. They ar now about 5cm high with four leaves.
- 6 seeds of Aubergine Diamond in a minigreenhouse on the same windowsill. This variety will take a long time to germinate, it says on the packet (real seed).
- a first sowing of early peas called redflowering gray peas (but then in Dutch).

The red currant, white currant and black currant branches I put in a bucket of soil in october grew roots.

And this weeks Kitchen Garden Magazine got me inspired to grow potatoes in a bag.

Nothing!!!

I planned it that way, because I am off for a few days in mid Feb and have no one to look after things.

I'll soon catch up!

my oats hopefully ;D ;D

Your hoping hey Macleaf ;)

always

sorry should of said,Rosyred,do forgive

Nothing till mid-March!! No deadline.

:)

i agree, things catch up, I planted aubergines in Jan last year,they germinated then did nothing for 3 months ::) /shades x

I couldn't wait til march for my oats :P, the only thing I'm sowing are the patches on my knees ready for weeding. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Nowt here yet either!
;D

Nothing, it's either in (overwintering onions, garlic, etc.) or it's too early.

QuoteNothing till mid-March!! No deadline.

Says it all

Broad beans up and blowing over (but experience says they have a terrific root system by now, and will spring up as strong bushes when they get more light and warmth), potatoes chitting.

Sweet potato slips rooting in glass of water (daughter complained her sweet potatoes were sprouting, so I quickly collected them).

Some early peas up and looking a bit battered, but I  am hoping they will behave like the broad beans.

I am away for most of April and May, so am trying to stave off disaster by starting early.

sowed aquadulce claudia in Nov but pheasants/mice ate those, so sowed peas and sutton bb last week.  At home i have my 1st early pots chitting, some more garlic in pots on windowsill and sweetpeas.  Am also going to sow more bbeans in loo rolls when i have saved up enough.

this weekend am going to sow in my fancy propagator alpine strawbs, ailsa craig onions and soem other stuff but i cant remember.

apart from broad beans hopefully this weekend, straight into the soil - i will not be starting with anything until the end of march - going away for a week then and noone to look after seedlings.
i figure i can sow the day before we leave - things should be up when we are back 6 days later.....

got some radishes on the window sill just so i could see something green !

if I survive getting from the back door to the shed today, then i'm going to sow the second lot of peas.

i need to shift a ton of clay from the back border to the front but just can't see it happening today.

i sowed some aubergine black beauty last weekend and they're in the leccy propogator in the spare room.  I was so late last year that fine looking plants produced nothing edible.  I'll sow some more later as standbys.

and need to check all the various babies in the surviving g/h.  i've actually still got one unidentified pepper just turning red now ! 

i also wanted to get my black bucketed broad beans in the ground, but they might swim away if i did that today.

can't find the enthusiasm to get out there though atm, still blowing a hoolie and chucking it down.

i know i should be grateful that we're still all one one piece, but i'm bored with the weather now.