[fisher]

sweet peas and chitting 3 var. of first earlies;
shallots are in pots waiting to be planted out soonish

[azubah]

My tomato seedlings are 1" high and don't look too bad. My Dad's were sown on the same day as mine, but look better than mine. His always do. I don't know his secret.

I sowed broad beans in the house yesterday.

[DD.]

I sowed broad beans in the house yesterday.

I tried that, but Mrs Digger hoovered them up!

[JayG]

I sowed broad beans in the house yesterday.

I tried that, but Mrs Digger hoovered them up!

  

[Lulu]

I have sown Purple sprouting (summer variety) which is emerging in the greenhouse, and today I thought I would give some cabbage a go (Greyhound) - needs 10 -15 C to grow which the greenhouse is now reaching.  I also planted some Basil in pots inside propagators made out of meat containers.  I have more seed if they fail.

I thought I was well behind with planting but I see I'm not.  Last year's winter is still fresh in my memory so I'm leaving most things till later - but hey its nearly March 

[slider]

garlic and shallots and some indoor toms for the o/h to do with the kids at nursery.

[VirginVegGrower]

Put my shallot sets straight into my raised bed on the plot. Covered with netting to stop the dickies!

[andtiggertoo]

spuds still chitting. Sown a litter tray of leeks to go in upright coldframe/seed house thing today.

[TheOnlyGothInTheVillage]

I'm chitting potatos, and sweet potatos, and just planted onions and garlic in my latest veg bed...

[VirginVegGrower]

I'm chitting potatos, and sweet potatos, and just planted onions and garlic in my latest veg bed...

You are brave to admit you have planted onions!

I am chitting potatoes merrily on my dining table. No room for dining though - must be the Irish in me

[fatbelly]

So far I have sown or planted,

Jermor Shallots a few days ago.
Laurent White Garlic, planted last October in pots and put outside in the ground a week ago.
Broad Beans in Richys Paper Pots a few days ago in an unheated G/house.
Sweet Peas, again in Richys paper pots a few days ago in an unheated G/house.
White flowering Geraniums in Back Bedroom sown 4 days a go and already half are showing.
Basil in a pot in back bedroom for home growing and harvesting as needed.

14Kg of various Seed Spuds Chiiting away in the garage with a careful eye on possible frosts.

[TheSpartacat]

I was going to start seeds off today, but I'm holding off until tomorrow (yay!!) to try this Lunar planting, as the sites about it seem to suggest that a full moon is a pretty helpful time for strong seedlings.

I'm doing:
Chili peppers...

• Pretty in Purple Rainbow Chili
  Santa Fe
  Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax Chili
  Anaheim
  Dedo de Mocha
  Purple Venezuelan
  Rotoco Pepper (hot)

Sweet Peppers...

• Sweet banana peppers
  Marconi Yellow
  Kaibi Round No 2
  Sweet Chocolate
  King of the North
  Californian Wonder

and I've got some Sweet Spanish Onion seeds I'll be sowing too.

 

Got my compost all ready in trays and warming nicely near a radiator to take the chill off the compost- it was outside.

Can't wait!!!
I might be brave and do a tomato or two as well... but i'm just a daredevil like that!
 

[Plot3B]

I was going to start seeds off today, but I'm holding off until tomorrow (yay!!) to try this Lunar planting, as the sites about it seem to suggest that a full moon is a pretty helpful time for strong seedlings.

I'm doing:
Chili peppers...

• Pretty in Purple Rainbow Chili
  Santa Fe
  Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax Chili
  Anaheim
  Dedo de Mocha
  Purple Venezuelan
  Rotoco Pepper (hot)

Sweet Peppers...

• Sweet banana peppers
  Marconi Yellow
  Kaibi Round No 2
  Sweet Chocolate
  King of the North
  Californian Wonder

and I've got some Sweet Spanish Onion seeds I'll be sowing too.

 

Got my compost all ready in trays and warming nicely near a radiator to take the chill off the compost- it was outside.

Can't wait!!!
I might be brave and do a tomato or two as well... but i'm just a daredevil like that!
 

This sounds like quite a comprehensive list, but don't the tomato packets dictate that February is early?

[Aunt Sally]

and I've got some Sweet Spanish Onion seeds I'll be sowing too.

Yes it's time to sow those now.  I sowed mine about two weeks ago in a cold greenhouse and they are all germinated and doing well

[TheSpartacat]

This sounds like quite a comprehensive list, but don't the tomato packets dictate that February is early?

I've always started chilli in feb and not had a problem- wouldn't consider starting them any later- they need a long growing season.

I've only done tomato once at the end of Feb and they were quite large plants when i planted them out, but i got an amazing crop that year - way earlier and everything ripened before the autumn frosts came.... admittedly i was v lucky with the weather that year when i planted them out. It's a risk isn't it? If it goes wrong, oh well! *shrug* there's always plan B.

I think I'll only sow a couple seeds now - to plant out to the polytunnel around end April... which is correct according to the DG Hessayon book i have, about cold greenhouse planting.
Worth a shot for a chance at an earlier crop? I have a paraffin heater on standby!