Hello, I'm Matt

[emdiesse]

Do you mean deadheading? *puzzled*

They don't need deadheading, unless you're me and you have a pink camellia. I hate pink anything, so I cut all the flowers off it (and give them away, they make wonderful bribes/gifts for teachers, neighbours etc)

Yes, sorry, deadheading

Oh, I thought it would need deadheading; they will drop off themselves then?

[Two_Sheds]

Going to have a job on my hand when it needs 'de-heading' though!

Do you mean deadheading? *puzzled*

They don't need deadheading, unless you're me and you have a pink camellia. I hate pink anything, so I cut all the flowers off it (and give them away, they make wonderful bribes/gifts for teachers, neighbours etc)

[emdiesse]

Hi, Matt and welcome to the vine. Is that a camellia flowering so well you have there?

It looks great doesn't it!

Going to have a job on my hand when it needs 'de-heading' though!

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

Cheers TwoSheds for the advice about the greenhouse... and shadows

I am based in Surrey.

[Jeanied]

Welcome to the vine Matt - as Flo says, whereabouts in the world are you growing?

[Florence Fennel]

Hello and a very warm welcome to the Vine Where are you Matt? If you put your location into your profile you can expect better advice about growing in your climate.

[lottie dolly]

hello welcome to the best place,

[vegboi]

Hi Matt , welcome to the Vine . Really like your plan


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[Bren In Pots]

Hello and welcome to the vine Matt

[Glutton4...]

Hello, and welcome to the Madhouse!

[PyreneesPlot]

Welcome to the wonderful world of the vine :-)

[mothhawk]

Hi, Matt and welcome to the vine. Is that a camellia flowering so well you have there?

[Knight of Albion]

A very warm welcome to the forum, dear Matt.

Good luck with the gardening!

[Two_Sheds]

Hi, yes, I tried to illustrate this by adding a shadow

shadows move though

You want your gh in full sun, otherwise things will struggle. Plants need light, lots of light. My own doesn't get good daylight until the end of March: up to then I can only grow green algae in it.

[emdiesse]

Where's the sun? Your veggies need full sun, if at all possible

Hi, yes, I tried to illustrate this by adding a shadow showing where the fence will roughly cast a shadow.

The garden is west facing.

Greenhouse-wise, I am guessing - I thought if I put that on the shadier side since we'll mostly be using it for germination, seedling, tomatoes and chili's?

[emdiesse]

To be honest, I haven't gotten that far yet either since there is so much else to do first .

But my girlfriend has started off a fair few seedlings (courgettes and beetroot) and we have been given herbs to plant in our back garden. So the race is on

Also, I am open to suggestions since I am pretty new at this and all I have are books to go by really. Hopefully I will have the garden cleared back and trying to be realistic on timescales I plan to put in beds around early may.

I suppose I hope to plant spinach, lettuce, radishes, kale and dwarf french beans