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    Always struggle with this. I either put it in too early and it dies or put it in too late and....... it dies??? :-(
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    I find this is quite useful.

    RHS: Grow your own Veg

    Or this

    The National Vegetable Society, What to do in March in your Garden
    Mark

    Vegetable Kingdom blog

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    • #3
      Have been going off the advice here this year as I can put my location in and it handily works out the dates for me for the different veg they have guides for:

      How to grow vegetables articles and pictures

      I ended up leaving a lot of things a bit late last year as I wasn't sure when would be safe to start sowing, so am hoping this will work better.

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      • #4
        i planted everything too late last year and so i'm starting early.

        does anyone keep a journal so that they can track last years failures and successes?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by rainbowbrite View Post
          does anyone keep a journal so that they can track last years failures and successes?

          First proper year of growing, and I'm trying to - although I may have missed a couple of repottings. What I realised is that I didn't pay enough attention to how many seeds I popped into the propogator so am not really sure about the germination rate. TBH though, I doubt I'm ever going to start counting the little bitty seeds. Squash and cucumber, fine, easy peasy, but some of the others?? Nah....

          Do people keep a track of weather in the journal as well? Or just the nasty late cold spells???

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          • #6
            Originally posted by rainbowbrite View Post
            i planted everything too late last year and so i'm starting early.

            does anyone keep a journal so that they can track last years failures and successes?
            Lots of us do this on a blog. You can go back and look at last year's dates and then later at the success rates. Unlike a journal you can instanntly add pictures too.
            Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

            www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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            • #7
              I blog it AND write it in my garden notebook. The blog comes from the notebook so I've got to get it right.

              It is really useful to look at the 'what I did today' thread that runs on here.

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              • #8
                I keep an quick jotter for tips and ideas that I read along the way, also I note any variety they I come across that I may like to try growing.

                I also keep a journal, using Excel, on my laptop.

                I think I am a bit of a way off a Blog yet.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rainbowbrite View Post
                  does anyone keep a journal so that they can track last years failures and successes?
                  Yep we do.

                  We keep a small site (link in sig) and log info about what we grow and when. Then we weigh the produce at the end of the season to see what we have.

                  We have just been looking at last years log to see when it's time to sow this year.
                  We will start to sow everything in about 1-2 weeks.
                  Last edited by Mike and Louise; 17-03-2009, 09:35 AM. Reason: Can't spell lol.

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                  • #10
                    The thing is that here in Yorkshire, we will have different sowing dates to the gardeners down south or up north.
                    I kept dates on my pc, but I have changed PCs so not sure if I still have the information.

                    FG

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Fluorescent green View Post
                      The thing is that here in Yorkshire, we will have different sowing dates to the gardeners down south or up north.
                      ... but only by a couple of weeks.
                      I tend to go by the info on seed packets, but then I am a bit weird
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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