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well foks just looking a little ahead, have a week of annual leave commencing 19th january what can i sow, plant or do  in the garden, i have a couple of cloches but no greenhouse or cold frames etc do have warm sunny windowsills inside to start stuff off in
any ideas greatly appreciated
debs

Leeks will be fine on a window sill. Tomatioes also, but can get too big if you're not careful. If your cloches are in position now I would try some early Broad Beans... Like the Sutton.
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ok thanks which tomatoes would be best i do have some early broad beans in

Small early outdoor types like Sub Arctic Plenty...
:)

I always start a few Tumbler plants very early, they mature much quicker than anything else so keep me going till the others come alon, and they will grow in a hanging baskets so once they go into the cool greenhouse I can hang them from the roof and save on bench space XX Jeannine

thank you a hunting i will go through the seed catalogues

T+M had a sub-arctic last year...
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cool thanks

Jeannine
I always find my tomatoes go leggy if i start em off indoors, any tips on overcoming this? cheers

debster,

I've just found this US website:

http://wintersown.org/wseo1/index.html

There are lists of things to grow for all the different zones (we're around the 8/9 mark, I think)

And here's something about optimum germination temperatures:

http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html

And a guide to when to sow veg seeds using your last frost date:

http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-19-212,00.html

Hope this helps.