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MrMW - spuds don;t need to go in deep but you need to keep covering them up as they grow so allow at least 18" or more of space above soil level at planting to do that. How many to put in depends on how big the barrel is & what type of spud they are.
Milkie - there's probably a billion books on the subject - the ones by Hessayon(?) are OK as a starter, or there's all sorts of allotmenty type ones. Best get going tho as it's just about prime planting time for your summer veg.
thanks purist - got all impatient so went on 'tinternet instructions. about 6inches of good veg compost, 3 seed potatoes (chitted) then just enough to cover em up. There's about 12 - 14 inches of room left in the lining bag to top up as they grow
carrots, onions, garlic, spinach, beets, courgettes - possibly spuds
have worked out what does best here and I'm sticking with it
let's get some photos up then, I'll do some at weekend
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You can use old car tires too, just keep stacking them and add more soil as they grow.
A few people here on our allotment do this, makes it easy to crop too
We got very overexcited about our newly built veg bed and started out some seeds indoors back in february - they all went a bit too leggy but are now starting to thrive having been planted out under polythene...
Either way I'm going to be lettuce'd up the eye balls - but my current favourites are the peas and the pak choi which look amazing so far...
Oh, also doing peas and rocket.
Rocket does particularly well here for some reason. Finished the last batch up as pesto.
going to leave the salads for a couple of weeks i think. rocket is a definite
planted my tatties today, onions, garlick, cabbage, brocoli and rhubarb coming along nicely.... wonder whats next
I've currently got garlic, onions, shallots, carrots, beetroot & radish growing outside. Chillies, sweet peppers and courgettes inside in a propagator.
Plenty of other stuff to get going at some point as well.
my overwintered chilli is back in flower. My lemon is producing loads of flowers and a few fruit are developing
On my plot at the moment:
Two rows of spuds
Three rows of carrots
6 rows of Onions
4 rows of garlic
Clearing the polly for peppers & tomatoes & very expensive cucumber!
Only one row of lettuce on the go as yet.
Had my last parsnip pulled and eaten today from last year! 😉
Plus:
First one I have seen this year, sleeping in my compost heap, with a friendly frog, but he scarpered 😉
I had loads of slowworms last year, they are still such a buzz to see.
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I'm having my first go growing veggies this year.
Got various seeds on the go and have dug and built a smallish raised bed - just 7x5 foot, but I think that'll be enough for me for a first attempt.
My garden doesn't get loads of sun so I've gone for cauliflower, spinach, butternut squash, potatoes, carrots in the bed and tomatoes and peas on the patio and aubergine, peppers, salad leaves and chillis going in the house. And various herbs in pots on the patio.
I hope this lot isn't going to be too ambitious. Guess I'll find out over the next few months...
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TN: It's my first time growing veggies too - and I've also got quite a lot going on and am wondering if it'll be too ambitious. The way I see it things that fail will teach me lessons for next year - so the more failures the more I'll learn, the more successes the more I'll eat - either way I win (sort of)
I cheated and picked up some toms and peppers as plugs this weekend - now all planted up in my little grow house.