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    Keeping the interest going over winter

    Hi all!!!

    i thought i would start a new thread to keep my interest going over the long winter nights(not that i am saying that the vine is not interesting enough as it is) but i have taken to this gardening lark with great gusto and want to keep up the momentum that i have accrued since finding this forum.......

    having got the bug from sowing a broad bean and pea seed with the kids back in august(see other posts) and trying to keep up their interest i have a confession to make--- i'm totally hooked

    i'm sure it will be easier to get them going again in the spring but i can't wait that long...... i have taken all the advice that has been given and sown overwintering onions,garlic,broad beans, peas and still have the potatoes,leeks,carrots and the herb garden in full swing but what now??
    i am dreading the winter as, sad as it might seem to all you normal folks, im missing the time in the garden as when i get home from work its dark and weekends are spent with the kids and wife as much as possible!!!


    so humour me by posting any little suggestions that you think might keep my interest in all thing GYO over the long scottish winter months!!!!

    your contributions are gratefully recieved!!!!
    May the road rise to meet you,
    May the wind be always at your back,
    May the sun shine warm upon your face,
    The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
    Until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand    .
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    Sow some leek seeds in a large pot,this is ususlly done on boxing day

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    • #3
      in the greenhouse (unheated) or in the open ground?
      May the road rise to meet you,
      May the wind be always at your back,
      May the sun shine warm upon your face,
      The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
      Until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand      .

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      • #4
        Bigt, I'm totally with you on this one! This has been my first summer growing stuff and I'm trying to figure out how to keep at least SOME things growing over the winter. I'll have a dozen leeks in the ground, eight spring cabbages in pots, about a hundred onions in pots, and some garlic in pots to start with. And hopefully some carrots and salad leaves indoors but we'll see.

        Hopefully this winter won't be as horrendous as the last one ... I mean, come on, it was minus ten here, that stinks
        Diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
        www.croila.net - "Human beans"

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        • #5
          thanks criola

          i thought it was just me LOL!!

          im in the glasgow area and last winter we hit minus 20 at one point so i am probably flogging a dead horse but anything is better than giving up!!!
          May the road rise to meet you,
          May the wind be always at your back,
          May the sun shine warm upon your face,
          The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
          Until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand          .

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          • #6
            Oh no, it's not just you ... I'm totally gutted that proper growing season's over! I never got started on this lark until May this year, then by the time I got most stuff in the ground, it was well into June. So I feel that although I've learned absolutely LOADS, I've been really behind this year and chasing my tail a bit.

            Can't wait to get stuck in properly next year!
            Diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
            www.croila.net - "Human beans"

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            • #7
              You have to do the overwintering chilli thing! Sow some seeds and put them in the airing cupboard till germinated. Then onto a cool windowsill in a pot.
              My grow your own ginger experiment is coming indoors too - both pots are going in the bathroom for the duration of the winter.
              Then I have some designs on my early broadies, harvesting my oca, sowing early peas and sweet peas, and generally pushing the boundaries with hardy salads and fleece coverings.
              Mind you I am darn sarf - but snow has been known to fall in the not too distant past!
              Last edited by Jeanied; 08-10-2010, 07:12 PM.
              Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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              • #8
                any suggestions for ovewrwintering chili varieties?
                May the road rise to meet you,
                May the wind be always at your back,
                May the sun shine warm upon your face,
                The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
                Until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand                .

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                • #9
                  Ooooh yes, I'd like to try that too?
                  Diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
                  www.croila.net - "Human beans"

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                  • #10
                    Nothing will change for me over the winter apart from the bias being more on weeding, ground preparation and cleaning.
                    Need to repair greenhouses, install bubble wrap insulation, get on top of my planting and sowing..............in fact I will be much busier throughout the winter.

                    Best way is to get OH and kids involved in whatever needs doing!
                    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                    Diversify & prosper


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                    • #11
                      My best overwintering chilli is the only one I have tried it with - my purple gusto! The mother plant is really diddy, cut back a bit as well to bring indoors last autumn and it has never stopped since.

                      I would try any of the varieties which produce small fruit, rather than the long ones.
                      Last edited by Jeanied; 09-10-2010, 07:10 AM.
                      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                      • #12
                        Yes, it's easy to feel a bit flat when all you have left in the garden is leeks and psb! But you can grow herbs indoors over the winter, try your luck with spuds in a pot for Christmas dinner and start your tomatoes and chillies indoors at the beginning of next year.
                        Wash all your pots and trays, the greenhouse too if you have one so that you're completely ready for 2011.
                        Then there's all the fun of sorting your seeds, reading all the seed catalogues and deciding what you want to grow next year. Mulch or sow green manure on your plot, or in my case seaweed on my fishboxes and pots, and spray your brassicas and strawberries with nematodes to combat slugs and vine weevils.
                        Winter is the gardener's daydream time - enjoy it!
                        Last edited by annacruachan; 09-10-2010, 07:22 AM.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
                          You have to do the overwintering chilli thing! Sow some seeds and put them in the airing cupboard
                          That's two different activities right there:
                          1) overwinter a chilli that you've already got
                          2) join the Early Chilli Seed Sowing thread
                          Last edited by Two_Sheds; 09-10-2010, 07:57 AM.
                          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                          • #14
                            aww well it looks like i will have to keep myself busy until january at least when i can get some chilli seeds going..

                            i am going to order some manure and dig over the empty beds in preparaion for next year seeing as the tempreture over the last few nights has just about dropped to the low single figures and im sure the frosts are not too far off.

                            i have sown some peas and broad beans over the past few weeks in the unheated GH, should i leave them there over winter or should i get them in the ground before the frost kicks in?
                            May the road rise to meet you,
                            May the wind be always at your back,
                            May the sun shine warm upon your face,
                            The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
                            Until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand                            .

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by bigt1888 View Post
                              i have sown some peas and broad beans ... should i get them in the ground before the frost kicks in?
                              What varieties?
                              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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