Anyone grow their own veg?

Have decided to give it a whirl this year.

In my mind I’ll be up to my ears in all sorts of veg by mid August though, more likely, I’ll end up with half a dozen potatoes smaller than the ones I’ve planted.

Anyone on here green fingered? You should get that checked out.

Anyone keen on growing veg? Any big successes, failures, tips etc?

Originally Posted by Finport Red

Have decided to give it a whirl this year.

In my mind I’ll be up to my ears in all sorts of veg by mid August though, more likely, I’ll end up with half a dozen potatoes smaller than the ones I’ve planted.

Anyone on here green fingered? You should get that checked out.

Anyone keen on growing veg? Any big successes, failures, tips etc?

I started during lockdown. TBH, it's not worth the effort.

Originally Posted by Finport Red

Have decided to give it a whirl this year.

In my mind I’ll be up to my ears in all sorts of veg by mid August though, more likely, I’ll end up with half a dozen potatoes smaller than the ones I’ve planted.

Anyone on here green fingered? You should get that checked out.

Anyone keen on growing veg? Any big successes, failures, tips etc?

Couple of the old heads on here used to grow their own “crops” to coin a phrase, but stopped short of being allotment nonces

Originally Posted by Finport Red

Have decided to give it a whirl this year.

In my mind I’ll be up to my ears in all sorts of veg by mid August though, more likely, I’ll end up with half a dozen potatoes smaller than the ones I’ve planted.

Anyone on here green fingered? You should get that checked out.

Anyone keen on growing veg? Any big successes, failures, tips etc?

I had an allotment for a few years and now I just have a large raised bed in the back garden.

Main problem I always had was a lack of water. If you don't have a water supply and live anywhere dry you'll always struggle.

Rhubarb is pretty well a guaranteed success, beans are good, and courgettes grow like mad.

The ones that always failed for me were the ones that pests ate. Mice love peas, caterpillars will eat all brassicas and once rabbits find your salad stuff they will strip them overnight.

It's a real kick though and very ther*peutic, but it's never cheaper or easier than just popping to Tescos.

Originally Posted by Surfers do Charlie

I had an allotment for a few years and now I just have a large raised bed in the back garden.

Main problem I always had was a lack of water. If you don't have a water supply and live anywhere dry you'll always struggle.

Rhubarb is pretty well a guaranteed success, beans are good, and courgettes grow like mad.

The ones that always failed for me were the ones that pests ate. Mice love peas, caterpillars will eat all brassicas and once rabbits find your salad stuff they will strip them overnight.

It's a real kick though and very ther*peutic, but it's never cheaper or easier than just popping to Tescos.

Cheers.

The courgettes came up last week, had to check the packet to make sure I hadn’t planted magic beans by accident.

Just growing in the back garden, couple of raised beds and a poly tunnel for tomatoes etc, so close enough to water. Never a shortage of it on this part of the world anyway, unfortunately.

My grandad, Irish farmer, had an allotment in the original sharston plot. Watched him kill a rabbit with a bit of 2 by 3 with a screw protruding once. A touch unsettling as watership down was my favourite book.

Still he grew loads of stuff. Lots of beetroot though. Odd as no f***er liked beetroot.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

I started during lockdown. TBH, it's not worth the effort.

Haha. I’m hoping it doesn’t head that way for me. Think I’ve got most of the early hard work done now, hoping half an hour or so in the evenings will be enough work, and a bit at the weekends.

Originally Posted by measlyshark

My grandad, Irish farmer, had an allotment in the original sharston plot. Watched him kill a rabbit with a bit of 2 by 3 with a screw protruding once. A touch unsettling as watership down was my favourite book.

Still he grew loads of stuff. Lots of beetroot though. Odd as no f***er liked beetroot.

Yeah, weird. I’ve planted beetroot. Think that, aside from the pickled stuff, I’ve only ever eaten one before in my life.

Grow some coriander and mint whilst at it.

Originally Posted by HarkNowHear

Grow some coriander and mint whilst at it.

Have some basil on the go too.

Originally Posted by Finport Red

Have decided to give it a whirl this year.

In my mind I’ll be up to my ears in all sorts of veg by mid August though, more likely, I’ll end up with half a dozen potatoes smaller than the ones I’ve planted.

Anyone on here green fingered? You should get that checked out.

Anyone keen on growing veg? Any big successes, failures, tips etc?

Start with salads. I grew a lot before the first lockdown, lettuce etc, Bloody lovely. Doing the same this year with onions, radish & broad beans. v simple

Originally Posted by big chief

Start with salads. I grew a lot before the first lockdown, lettuce etc, Bloody lovely. Doing the same this year with onions, radish & broad beans. v simple

Ta.

I’m fairly certain that broad beans are the work of Satan, and I don’t understand the point of radishes, but will be growing lettuce and onions.

potatoes are easy though lots of water needed if its dry and you need to rotate every year . garlic another easy one, just buy a couple of of spanish or french heads (not the chinese crap) from a decent organic shop and plant the cloves. Done ok with tomatoes as well. Rosemary is hard to kill, basil also, though goes tough if you dont pick it enough ie eat it

Originally Posted by Spock

potatoes are easy though lots of water needed if its dry and you need to rotate every year . garlic another easy one, just buy a couple of of spanish or french heads (not the chinese crap) from a decent organic shop and plant the cloves. Done ok with tomatoes as well. Rosemary is hard to kill, basil also, though goes tough if you dont pick it enough ie eat it

Doing a little herb garden rosemary, thyme, basil, sage, etc.
If it's close to the back door (mine is), it's lots of lovely smells when you step outside.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Doing a little herb garden rosemary, thyme, basil, sage, etc.
If it's close to the back door (mine is), it's lots of lovely smells when you step outside.

lovely sage is great, but mine died off last year, suspect i didnt water enough, herbs are fantastic tbh

The posters on this thread deffo tell their grandkids they use the worldwide Web.

We sow the seed

Nature grows the seed


And then we eat the seed.

Sweetcorn is easy to grow if you have the room for it and tastes amazing straight off the plant. Any brassica plants you have to net them otherwise the caterpillars will demolish them. Carrots I always struggle growing for some reason, I think it's due to the clay soil where I live.
The best book I have on growing veg if you want to try and have enough to live off is a book that is the collated "dig for victory" pamphlets from the war; its written month by month and assumes you have zero experience. Some books are good on detail but I find you get lost in it all and lose where you are.

Originally Posted by Finport Red

Ta.

I’m fairly certain that broad beans are the work of Satan, and I don’t understand the point of radishes, but will be growing lettuce and onions.

I seem to remember Broad Beans are an early crop that enriches the soil. Can make a nice pesto

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/...oad-bean-pesto

Originally Posted by redhegemony

I seem to remember Broad Beans are an early crop that enriches the soil. Can make a nice pesto

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/...oad-bean-pesto

Even the look of them makes me ill.

So far have planted potatoes, carrots, parsnips, peppers, chillis, courgettes, aubergines, cucumber, onions, beetroot, lettuce, basil, coriander and tomatoes. And peas.

Originally Posted by TravellingRed

Sweetcorn is easy to grow if you have the room for it and tastes amazing straight off the plant. Any brassica plants you have to net them otherwise the caterpillars will demolish them. Carrots I always struggle growing for some reason, I think it's due to the clay soil where I live.
The best book I have on growing veg if you want to try and have enough to live off is a book that is the collated "dig for victory" pamphlets from the war; its written month by month and assumes you have zero experience. Some books are good on detail but I find you get lost in it all and lose where you are.

This the book?

Digging for Victory: Wartime Gardening with Mr Middleton

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digging-Vic.../dp/1845133714