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is anyone going to sow anything ouside or in the greenhouse today. im getting itchy fingers

Hi Hawthorns
Yes I'm sowing cauliflowers, broccolli and other 'flowering' thingies - trying lunar sowing - that way I am told what to sow when - no decision to make!!
OH came back from town yesterday with 6 bags of compost - Spring Is Here!!!

spuds went in today

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ILFRACOMBE
NORTH DEVON

a seed planted today makes a meal tomorrow!

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now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08

Is that 1st earlies spud? Some of us have just received Vales Emerald (1st earlies also) so not chitted yet . Probably too early for 2nd earlies or is it not?

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Food for Free

I've just had a lovely time with my youngest child sowing seeds galore. The garden is so hot today that I'm just in a t shirt....heaven.

We have sown broad beans, sweet peas, parsley, rosemary, tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines, broccolli, lobelia, lemon grass and loads of lettuce.

One very full propagator and one very happy me.

i don't do first , second or main crop as i don't have room i just get the small pots out of the sack we buy and plant this time of year and harvest when ready and then put leeks in the same ground when it gets clear.
30 potato plants will not last very long in our house so we enjoy the fresh ones for a couple of months and then buy them from the local greengrocers from then on

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ILFRACOMBE
NORTH DEVON

a seed planted today makes a meal tomorrow!

www.freewebs.com/carlseawolf

now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08

Cauliflower, leeks, onions, tomato and some bedding plants.

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Digger-07

"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right" Henry Ford.

Sowed Gardeners Delight tomatoes, Leeks, Celeraic, lettuce and early carrots in a tub in the green house.

Will also sow again in a couple of weeks time .... can't sit on my hands any longer!

I've sown PSB, cauli, cabbage, calabrese and some rhubarb seeds (the rhubarb just out of curiosity really). They're all in my greenhouse. Might sow some peppers to keep in the house for a bit tomorrow.

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In the woods there grew a tree
And a fine fine tree was he

Have already sown onion seeds, and summer sprouting purple broccoli. Also put onion sets and shallots in cell trays to get them started. Seed potatoes are chitting nicely. I'm desperately trying to hold on sowing tender seeds as I know it's far too early for East Anglia.

Sowed all the above yesterday. Glad I did, today I woke up with a stinking cold. Shame I've wasted a beautiful spring day today.

I'm not sowing anything until Easter. No space indoors and no greenhouse!

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Wanted to sow my celeriac, leeks, onions and a few early cabbages...greenhouse needs some spring cleaning first! I'll be on the case tomorrow....what a lovely day though!

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Paul

We wait until Easter too- but it 'feels' a long time away!

I did go to the allotment society and joined up for the year (£1 )
and have come away with my John Innes No 1 so we're all ready and waiting, and just need to finish off clearing the weeds and manuring- hopefully tomorrow!

I'm currently growing moss in my lawn. I'm brilliant at it.

I also have started Crimson Flowered broad beans, Brussels, Leeks, carrots in tubs, Red cabbage, garlic, heritage onions from seed. Coleslaw cabbage thing, calabrese, mini cauliflower and Cannabis. One of these is a lie.

Monday I might sow a few tom seeds.

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Roll on Summer.

Yes, I thought it was a bit early for brussels too.

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Hazel
www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com
update Sat 20/12/2008......End of year report - plot d (legumes)!.....

Ha Ha...

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Roll on Summer.

I am sowing some chilies,several mustard, spinach, brassicas, spring onions, carrot and beet. The rest will be 2 or 3 weeks later as I have used 2/3 of my 2" pots and both my modules.

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I grow, I pick, I eat ...

Yes some toms might be a good thing!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Sowed 2 each of cucumber and courgette as practice run to see how fast they germinate on the window sill seeing as my heated propagator is going to be tied up for a good while. Also sowed artichoke seeds that had been chilled in fridge for just over 2 weeks. Sowed more tomatoes that failed to germinate after over 2 weeks (chucked away the failed ones). Tomorrow will sow various Oriental leafy veggies and maybe Leeks, parsley, sweet basil, coriander and spring onions.

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Food for Free

Aaarrrggggghhhhh stop this mental cruelty.
I am out here planting nothing but wanting to plant loads.
The boss picked up our early spuds yesterday so they will now be chitting and I shall plant them when I get home in 3 weeks.
Onions,toms,peppers and a chilly all doing well on the windowsill by all accounts. Asked the boss to send me some pics but she told me I was being sad!! Am I?

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Bob Leponge
I dont live in a pineapple but I am trying to grow one

i have'nt planted cauliflower either

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thoughts from the head of
phil the shed.........

I have the use of one of my Dad's greenhouses, and the 'border' beds that we've made around it. Last year my OH and Dad pretty much took care of everything, but since my OH is in sub-zero Alberta, Canada, I've promised myself I'll do my own growing this year. I know absolutely nothing, so will proceed to ask lots of silly questions!!

I've got first earlies chitting on the window sill, and plan to grow only basic salad stuffs since I love it all so much. Is there any reason at all why I can't start all these right now, indoors? The greenhouse is unheated and I have plenty of window space at home and seed trays for the following:

Lambs Lettuce
Salad Bowl Lettuce
Oak-Leaf Lettuce
Rocket
Sorrel (Volare)
Land Cress (American)
Spring Onion (Shimonita)
Mangetout (Oregon Sugar Pod)
Yellow Tumbler Tomatoes
Purple Russia Tomatoes
Moneymaker Tomatoes

I was thinking on beetroot as well, to harvest as baby beets - can anyone recommend?

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