Pregnant and gardening

**Mikey** · 07-01-2014, 02:41 PM

If you want peppers you really need to be starting them now, they have a long season. Either that or wait for plug plants, but you don't get the same choice.

You have the trinity in amongst that group, Sweetcorn acts as support for growing french beans and courgettes act as a ground cover to surpress weeds amongst them. That saves on space. I plant my onions and carrots amongst each other which wards off both carrot and onionfly until late in the season so no need to cover.
I like to grow sweetpeas and normal peas either side of a chicken wire lovely crop and sweet aroma to boot. I prefer herbs to most edible flowers personally, most herbs will flower too these can be grown underneath your peppers in the green house they like the warmth.
If space is a premium pick first earlies for potatoes (salad varieties) as these are most expensive in the shops, or opt to put these in large pots/bins and use the space they take up for something else. Personally to add to your list I'd be looking to include some soft fruit, strawberries or bush fruits like blackcurrants to place in the corner of your beds, maybe a cordon apple?

Have fun and make sure there is someone on hand to water when you start to bloom.

**catgirl** · 07-01-2014, 02:53 PM

First of all, congratulations!

I love growing courgettes, peas and climbing beans because they're so low-maintenance. Onions are also very easy and shouldn't cause you any trouble, and I've had a pretty easy time with cucumbers as well. I can't say much about the other vegetables you mentioned as I haven't personally grown them (yet!). But I will second Mikey and suggest you get some soft fruit plants. Strawberries are really easy, especially if you grow them in hanging baskets away from all the little creatures that love to eat them for you. I also planted some raspberry canes this winter and am under the impression that they don't require too much tending to.

Lastly, I'm sure you're well aware of this, but as a midwife I can't help myself - please be extra careful with gardening and eating fruit and veg from your garden, especially if there are cats that might like to do their business around your crops. Toxoplasmosis is not a good thing to pick up during pregnancy.

**bario1** · 07-01-2014, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by Mikey View Post

If you want peppers you really need to be starting them now, they have a long season. Either that or wait for plug plants, but you don't get the same choice.

Sorry to go off topic, but does that apply for sweet peppers too? I was under the impression that it was only hot chillies that needed starting this early?

**rustylady** · 07-01-2014, 04:06 PM

Congratulations Vixen. Is this your first?

None of the crops you mention are particularly high maintenance. The only thing that might require a bit of effort is harvesting the potatoes.

**Potstubsdustbins** · 07-01-2014, 04:36 PM

Personally I would grow the spuds in containers, you can then just tip em out and sort through the compost.

Potty

**Vixen218** · 07-01-2014, 05:07 PM

Thank you all for the replies.
This is my 3rd child, my eldest is 10 and my current youngest is 3.
I do already have loads of strawberry plants and a couple of raspberry bushes in the garden but most of the fruit doesn't make it into the house as the youngest gets their first lol.
Thank you for the hints about the sweetcorn/French beans/courgette.

**Jeanied** · 07-01-2014, 06:44 PM

One of my friends went off to dig the potatoes to help the baby along!

**ancee** · 07-01-2014, 07:12 PM

[QUOTE=Mikey;1199409]If you want peppers you really need to be starting them now, they have a long season. Either that or wait for plug plants, but you don't get the same choice.

I did not know that Mikey - that makes perfect sense as to why mine never work!!! Why doesn't it ever say that on the packets? I am now on a mission to buy some pepper seeds, I was going to give them a miss this year thank you

**TrialAndError** · 07-01-2014, 10:25 PM

Definitely runner beans and climbing peas (go for the variety Alderman). Simply because you don't need to bend down to pick them!

**salome2001** · 13-01-2014, 12:43 AM

I found I was fine bending over to weed etc up to about 8 months (which was October, so most of the crops were over). the main problem was getting up again!!
Do take extra care with your hands getting dirty as mentioned above.. my lottie neighbour wears latex gloves under her gardening gloves to stop dirt getting ingrained.

**Thelma Sanders** · 13-01-2014, 10:03 AM

Originally posted by bario1 View Post

Sorry to go off topic, but does that apply for sweet peppers too? I was under the impression that it was only hot chillies that needed starting this early?

I start my sweet peppers in January, as well as the Black Wax chillis

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