[mumofstig]

roll on April I say 

April  .........It all starts before April in this house! Some of the earliest indoor sowings are directly after Christmas.....and if you are not counting indoor/windowledge sowings...then the first direct sowings are in early March for me ................weather permitting of course!

[needssomehelp]

only 10 weeks to the growing season ?? ooo cant wait, want to start planting seeds again watching things grow and feeling the sun on my back ! we have a no structure  law on our site so I am a bit of a fair weather person and no loo either !!  roll on April I say 

we dont have a loo either......but  i do have a bucket and a shed 

[Sweet Pea 2]

What do you start off just after Christmas then?

[mumofstig]

What do you start off just after Christmas then?

some varieties of cauliflower & cabbage can be sown for early summer harvest.
Likewise some early lettuce varieties, and some people sow the slow germinating varieties of chillies early as well.
Onion seeds (not sets).

All will need protection from the cold to germinate and then to be grown on in cold frame or greenhouse till they can be planted out.
(Chillies to stay in the warm indoors though)
 

[Sweet Pea 2]

Thanks MOS.  Do you know what sort of Cabbage and Cauliflower?  I am conscious I don't much in my allotment at the moment, so wouldn't mind some early starters in the cold frame.  I wonder if also I could get away with planting broad beans (in seed tray modules in the cold frame then). We won't have many so don't mind the additional faf rather than planting straight out in Spring.  I didn't bother earlier outdoors as I lost the lot last year.   

[mumofstig]

I know there are a few varieties for early sowing, but the ones in my seed box that say they are suitable, are Greyhound cabbage, and caulis Clapton and Andes. I will do just a few of each for some early crops..fingers crossed

I don't grow BBeans,  so can't advise.........perhaps someone else has grown them in the cold frame .......................

[zazen999]

The next growing season starts on Monday - why are so many people only growing for half a year? Very odd.

Onions, garlic, chilis, tomatoes, round peas, broadies, lettuce and salad leaves, spring onions, brassicas, beetroot can all be sown in the next 2 months; and that's just off the top of my head.....

[Yorkie]

Probably because some of us don't have greenhouses or cold frames to protect or bring them on.

[peapod]

Probably because some of us don't have greenhouses or cold frames to protect or bring them on.

Or even warm enough windowsills!

[Aunt Sally]

Please tell us how to do that a this time of year zazen999 !

[needssomehelp]

yeah i too would like to find out how and what x x

[lacewing]

Thanks MOS.  Do you know what sort of Cabbage and Cauliflower?  I am conscious I don't much in my allotment at the moment, so wouldn't mind some early starters in the cold frame.  I wonder if also I could get away with planting broad beans (in seed tray modules in the cold frame then). We won't have many so don't mind the additional faf rather than planting straight out in Spring.  I didn't bother earlier outdoors as I lost the lot last year.    

The broad bean Aquadulce Claudia is the best variety for overwinter, and I'm sure would do fine if sown in a cold frame now. I sowed some out in the ground the first week in November, they were just showing above the ground when the frost and snow came, now the snow has cleared, I can see they have come to no harm.

(edit to clarify quote)

[Paul Plots]

The next growing season starts on Monday - why are so many people only growing for half a year? Very odd.

Onions, garlic, chilis, tomatoes, round peas, broadies, lettuce and salad leaves, spring onions, brassicas, beetroot can all be sown in the next 2 months; and that's just off the top of my head.....

I'm confused zazen... What's growing on the top of your head? 

I have very late - almost forgot - give it a go Broadbeans in pots in a cold-frame but too cold here in the sunny south for anything else. 

[supervegman]

Tell me about it..mines at the backl of my garden, bit boring out there. I spent this afternoon clearing the greenhouse and potting up my little cauliflower seedlings... i havea large tray of red onions sets sprouting as well as shallots

[gimli]

 :nowink:just to add im getting withdrawal symptoms as well.