Basic types of veg for a beginner

There's plenty to grow sow at the moment.

The easiest in my opinion are:-

1 Beetroot, soak in water the night before and sow direct into the soil.
2 Peas, once again soak overnight and plant direct.
3 French Beans, sow in pots and plant out once 2inch tall.
4 Chard, soak overnight and sow direct.

These are my top 4 easiest to sow and grow, i very rarely have problems with these.

Others will have their favourites but these are mine.

Grow what you like to eat though - even better grow what you like thats expensive to buy in the shops

Exellent advice 

I was in homebase at the weekend having a nosey and they had lots of veg ready for planting out thats was all reduced.

Sadly, this is not always good advice as many garden centres sell plants at the wrong time of year which have no hope of producing a crop.

Oh I agree but its a bit late for a lot of seeds so its worth a look.

Where are you growing, allotment/garden or pots?

Sorry guys meant to say new allotment once it's weeded in a couple of weeks, but can start stuff off in pots at home if needed

The first time we grew anything much we grew peas, beans, carrots and so on, also everlasting spinach, it was brilliant and lasted for ages. Swiss Chard is also good.

I saw some squash, pumpkin, courgette and cucumber plants in Lidl yesterday (I was tempted then remembered we've already got more than we've got space for). Something like that might be worth trying because you can put them into bigger pots at home and get them ready for going into the ground. Most of them will keep the new weeds down for a while too. They do prefer a rich soil, but will still do okay in new ground if you give them a feed.

Our local market has stalls that sell 'in season' veg plants, there were a lot of peas, beans, tomatoes and so on last week. Maybe you have a market that does the same? It would give you a head start, especially if you haven't sown anything yet.

How about some fairly quick growing things such as Kohl Rabi and, for sowing after the longest day, some Pak Choi?

You could also plant some perennials ready for next year, such as rhubarb, and also get some herbs going - especially the ones that take up a fair bit of space.