[mickeyboy]

Hi I,ll try again.....

i have 3 raised beds is there anything i can sow now to harvest in the spring?

Also, with the beds i have nothing in should i just leave the earth exposed or cover with plastic or similiar material.

thanks

[Aunt Sally]

Mickeyboy I think you have not grasped the principal of polls.

You have given two options to vote for.  What do you mean by them ?

[peapod]

If it was me (I didnt vote)  Id give your beds a good feed and let them rejuvenate over the winter ready for a nice healthy spring.  Ive got some winter caulies and cabbages in now, but hardly any (two beds only), but wont do that next year.

Sorry! I bang on about feeding the soil, but I really believe that we need to give back over winter to get the best out of it the rest of the year...so perhaps a green manure?

[mickeyboy]

Mickeyboy I think you have not grasped the principal of polls.

You have given two options to vote for.  What do you mean by them ?

No your right sally i havent sorry;  this site has changed so much since i was on last year before my accident.
What am i doing wrong? as before i just posted what advise i needed and got the answers i was after.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused
mickeyboy

[Aunt Sally]

You must have clicked on the add a poll button by mistake.  Do you want those two question that you've put in the poll to be part of your question mickeyboy ?

[mickeyboy]

You must have clicked on the add a poll button by mistake.  Do you want those two question that you've put in the poll to be part of your question mickeyboy ?

no sally i dont 
 i wonded as to what they were about as i had already asked the question.
What do i need to do diffrently please to save inconvienencing anyone any further?

cheers

[Aunt Sally]

 Just keep away from the add a poll button 

I'll remove them for you

[peapod]

a straight question will do Mickey, you dont need a poll for everything   

[Aunt Sally]

i have 3 raised beds is there anything i can sow now to harvest in the spring?

Also, with the beds i have nothing in should i just leave the earth exposed or cover with plastic or similiar material.

thanks

[noshed]

You can sow broad beans - they will be grand to overwinter.

[Muddylou]

How about some onions and garlic, that's what I'm using one of my beds for. The others I'm just feeding and leaving over winter.

[zazen999]

My beds are still full. Any that get emptied are being planted up with leeks, chard, beetroot, lettuce, onion sets, spring onions, garlic; and that's on top of the broccoli, sprouts, cabbage, swede, parsnips, kale, carrots, chicory; and then again I've got some beds planted up with 3 types of onions selected from this year's batch to go to seed for next year's seeds. I haven't even sown my broadies or early peas yet. Must get that done this weekend.

Plus a bed of sweetcorn that will be a home for hibernating ladybirds all winter.

I try and extend the seasons as much as I can; and am putting onion sets into the pots that the tomatoes are in [in the greenhouse] to give me fresh winter onions. So when the toms are finished, I'll just snip off at ground level and leave the onions to continue to grow.

I've got celery and lettuce in the greenhouse as well.

I succession sow pretty much all year round so that I've always got something to go in the ground when space becomes available. The trick is to think 'what will I be wanting to eat in 4-6 months], and how can i look after it until it goes outside.

[mickeyboy]

Thanks for all  your help