[Milly]

I'm moving house this week so a whole new start. The new place has a lot of outside space, a few apple trees, a railway carriage in the garden I can utilise as a potting shed and a couple of big out buildings for I dont know what yet.

I want to take my time and plan things, see where the sunny/shady parts are and what to grow where so I'll probably be growing in pots until I make any permanent decisions. I wont have a greenhouse to start with but there is a large heated conservatory, does anyone else utilise a conservatory for starting seeds off.

[Yorkie]

Good luck with the move, and they do say leave a garden for a year to see what you've got.

I can't see a problem with using the heated conservatory so long as it gets a decent amount of light (which, by definition, I'd expect it to)

[Springlands]

I have heard of people actually growing bush toms and chillies in a conservatory - would imagine that there are lots of things that you could grow especially as it is heated. Good luck with the move and good gardening. Like the sound of the railway carriage.

[JaK]

Sounds like you have a wonderful new place to start growing! The conservatory will be great for growing.

[strangerachael]

I am in a similar situation - I moved house about 6 months ago and have been waiting until spring to start on the garden. Meanwhile I have been offered a new allotment 5 minutes walk away, I will be  ordering a greenhouse soon too. I have a conservatory and fully intend to use it to chit potatoes and  start seeds in.  It's very exciting, but frustrating as it's too cold and early to start anything yet 

[CluckyChicken]

I only have a little garden, and also have a lottie.  All the stuff that dosn't get up there (a few tomato plants and a couple of squashes) get kept in the conservatory to grow- they get the best tlc possible, and the squashes still generally die    but the chickens LOVE the toms

[Kristen]

My wife is very tolerant of the forest that our conservatory becomes in the Spring. Its not heated but, being attached to the house, does not get the same night min temperatures that the greenhouse does.

Heating would be a nice luxury:), but you may only need to use heat to stop the night temperature going below 10C. When light levels are low plants won't grow much, and as the light levels increase the day temperatures will not require any additional heat