Hiya :D

[jackarmy]

Welcome Lyndsey, hit the toms and you certainly wont be buying any for at least a good few months, add some chillis and herbs and youll make enough sauces to "can" or freeze to last you the 12 month, nevermind all the fresh off the vine ones ( cherries espescially) that you will nibble on all day .

Have fun.

[Florence Fennel]

Hi Lyndsey and a very warm welcome to the Vine. You'll find growing tomatoes quite simple if you follow the advice on here. Good luck with it all

[LyndseyP]

Wow, what a warm welcome Thank you all!

I definitely won't have chickens within the week....I find them a bit terrifying!

It's probably not a great time for me to get hooked on growing, with a full house refurb to do (the only way we could have afforded such a garden :P), but I'm going a bit stir crazy indoors!

We do eat tomatoes but never buy fresh, weirdly. We tend to cook with passata/tinned/tomato paste. Not to mention, I have it in my head tomatoes are hard after seeing a few failed attempts by my mum....although she was known for her ability to kill plants with ease. Hopefully, I haven't inherited it.

[Small pumpkin]

Welcome to the vine
I give you about a week before you're addicted to seed catalogs and a month before you've got your first chickens
Have fun

[cariann88]

Hello and welcome

[Verinda]

Hello Lyndsey, welcome to the forum

[Knight of Albion]

A very warm welcome to the forum, dear Lyndsey

[lottie dolly]

Hello Lyndsey,welcome to the forum

[plam]

Hi!

Apperently all the bananas we buy in the UK are decended from the plant grown at Chatsworth, so you can grow them in derbyshire

[Chris11]

Welcome Lyndsey

[SusieG]

Welcome

: Hi!
My only tip is be prepared for anything, when it comes to this outdoorsy thingy!
Grand plans of what you've planned and what actually turns out vary - saying that tho' there can always be the odd surprise that makes you happy!
Enjoy!

[mothhawk]

Hi, Lyndsey, and welcome. A 300ft garden, wow! lucky you, room for everything! You've already got the right idea, which is - grow what you eat. It amazes me how many folk grow stuff then say they don't know why they grew it as they don't like it

There's loads of good advice on the vine, and any question you ask will get a considered and helpful reply from someone (of course you may get a few daft ideas along the way too, but that's the fun of this place )

Hi and welcome to the vine

If you are looking to save money you may fail - veggy growing gets a bit addictive - there are all the seeds and ones you didn't realise you needed, then there is the greenhouse, the polytunnel, the heated propagater, the grow lights......

Less chemicals is a def.

It is a nice outdoorsy hobbie, however be warned it may send you nutty and the peeps on here are a good example

Have fun and enjoy

[Bren In Pots]

At present, our weekly shop always includes fresh strawbs, rasbs, blueb/blackbs, apples, bananas, pineapples, butternut squash, sweet potato, spinach, potato, carrot, green beans.

In an ideal world, I'd like to grow all of the above, but am sure that Derbyshire doesn't quite have the climate required for bananas :P

Hello Lyndsey and welcome to the vine Your list is do-able here in Derbyshire but you'll struggle with the bananas and pineapples they both need a lot of heat.

[Lumpy]

Hello from me as well.

Your garden sounds like it will be fabulous...............you are on the right site here as everyone is willing to offer advice etc.

And..................pineapples are possible if you don't want huge trees and lots of fruit!