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It all adds up...

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mumofstig

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2011, 14:56 »
In the ground
Broad beans
Peas & sugarsnap peas,
3 different onions from seed,
Early cauli's
Early cabbage,
P J & Ambo potatoes,
parsnips,
garlic,
last of spring cabbage
Strawberries, rhubarb and raspberries.
Rosemary, Oregano & Thyme

In pots or trays
Early carrots
1 early courgette for greenhouse,
33 tom plants, lots of varieties,
Red peppers,
Chillis,
Aubergines,
dwarf beans for g/house cropping,
greenhouse cukes,
gherkins for outside,
4 trays of lettuce at different stages,
Globe artichoke seedlings,
Sweetcorn
2 courgettes just sown,
3 sorts of basil,
celeriac (no sign yet  :( )
chard
Leeks
Sage,
2 kinds of chives,
Parsley

still in pkts
swede
lots of pumpkins,
autumn & winter cabbage & Kale
Autumn carrots
Autumn/winter salad & herbs,
Pak choi,
Dwarf & climbing French beans & runner beans
Turnips

and for the garden: lots of flower plugs/seedlings  :ohmy:




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Pompey Spud

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2011, 15:06 »
Yep. I've devoted a quarter of the plot to the vines.
Hopefully in 4 years I'll be mostly drinking wine from Stokes Bay and not Cloudy or Oyster Bay. :)
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madcat

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2011, 18:10 »
hmmm  .... 

In the ground the list is short  (actually now I have done the list it isn't so bad)  :
Spuds - 2 lots of FE (Red DoY, Lady Christl) and errrr....  lots of 2nd earlies!
Sweet peas
Garlic (2 varieties)
Shallots (3 types)
Onions (3 varieties of white and 1 red)
Radish & rocket
2 types of Lettuce
Strawbs
Raspberries (summer)
Gooseberries
Red, Black Currants  (I want a white current bush too!)
Rhubarb
Mix of perennial herbs and comfrey around the place - but all the rosemary died this winter  :(

In pots and seedtrays :
Pathetic leeks
Toms - 3 types
Cucs - outdoor
BNS - 2 types
Winter squash - 2 types
Marrow & Courgette - 2 types
Parsley & herb celery
Basil, Thyme and savory
Summer cabbage, chinese cabbage and chard

Chitting :
French Beans
Runner Beans
Sugar snaps
Sweetcorn

Waiting for the forecast of rain (who though I would be typing that in April!)
Parsnips
Carrots
summer turnips
spring onions
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witchwoopiggy

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2011, 18:54 »
ive only got garden at mo but..
toms (4 varieties)
garlic
red onions
potatoes
lettuce
radish
rainbow chard
cucumber
carrots (purple,yellow and orange)
gooseberrys
black currents
raspberry
rhubarb
apple 3 unknown trees
spagetti squash
courgette
cabbage red
chinese lettice
red sprouts
runner beans
french beans
tellephone peas
strawberrys
sweetcorn
parsley parsnip things lol
peppers
chillis diffrent types
turnips
spring onions
aubergines
beetroot
amaranths mixed grain
fennel
perpetual spinage
strawberry sticks

thats it i think  :blush:

then theres

pansys
sweetpeas
putunia
dalias
marigolds

then at the baby tree stage  ::)

cherry
pear
Foxglove Tree (Paulownia tomentosa) growing from seed its two inches lol
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theakston_uk

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2011, 21:33 »
Quote from: witchwoopiggy on April 27, 2011, 18:54
ive only got garden at mo but..


witchwoopiggy, you don't need an allotment if all that's in your garden, or are you planning on feeding the whole street?
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Kimberley04

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2011, 21:53 »
My second year on the plot, so I have a LOT more planned than last year, but:

SO FAR
Lady Chrystal
Maris Piper
Onions
Garlic
Beetroot Boltardy and Golden
2 buckets of carrots
Spinach
Asparagus (but I can't eait it til 2013!)
Rocket
Basil and Red Basil
Thyme
Rosemary
Rocket
Gooseberries
Tayberries

TO COME:
Runner Beans
Mange Tout
Sweetcorn
Indoor and Outdoor Tomatoes
Indoor and Outdoor Cucumber

Hmmmm, think that's it .....

Edit, nope .... Brussels Sprouts red and green and red cabbage
Edit 2 .... Florence Fennel to put in after Spuds
« Last Edit: April 28, 2011, 20:54 by Kimberley04 »
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witchwoopiggy

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2011, 22:03 »
Quote from: theakston_uk on April 27, 2011, 21:33
Quote from: witchwoopiggy on April 27, 2011, 18:54
ive only got garden at mo but..


witchwoopiggy, you don't need an allotment if all that's in your garden, or are you planning on feeding the whole street?

it sounds alot but its only a little garden and its just for me  ;) so i just do small amounts ie one meter row or 1 or 2 plants lol and i eat mainly veg and then theres the guinea pigs and buns wanting there share  ::)
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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2011, 00:10 »
In
Parsnips
Carrots
Maincrop Spuds (Desiree and Maris Piper)
4 types of peas (48ft)
Broad Beans
Beetroot
Sprouts
Cabbage
Calabrese
French beans
Toms
Peppers
Chillies
Strawberries
Garlic
Onion
Leeks

To go in
Swede
Caulies
Lettuce

Not a lot for me, but 3 beds are out of commission  :(
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madcat

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2011, 18:32 »
Quote from: peapod on April 28, 2011, 00:10

Not a lot for me, but 3 beds are out of commission  :(


Why?  Whats up??   :unsure:
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TheSpartacat

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #24 on: April 29, 2011, 01:35 »
So far have growing and started in trays:

Japanese onions
Red onions
Purplette spring onions
Sweet spanish onions
Garlic- 4 varieties
Leeks- 3 types, with staggered harvest times
Tomatoes- quite a few types- about 20 plants?
Chilli peppers
Bell peppers (not doing too well)
Aubergine
French beans- dwarf- 2 types
French beans- climbing
Yard long beans
Artichoke- purple ones and green ones
Cardoon
Strawberry spinach
Spinach
Perpetual spinach
Chard
Asparagus pea
Brussel sprouts - 3 types, staggered harvest times
Cabbage
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Peas
Sugarsnaps
Squash- about 9 different types
Pumpkins
Cucumbers- about 7 types
Gherkins- 4 types
Courgette
Baby Achocha
Beetroot
Sorrel
Red Giant Mustard
Lettuce- a variety of them
Rocket
Radish
Goji berry- 2nd attempt- something munched the first sowing of them
Honey berries- 3 nice strong plants
Gooseberry
Blackberry
Raspberry
Blueberry
Strawberry
Carrots
Parsnips
Potatoes
Sweet corn
Kale (still harvesting the last of the hungry gap sown last year)
And a load of herbs started in pots- mint, coriander, cumin, 6 types of basil, chives, garlic chives, german chamomile, summer savory, borage, lemon balm, oregano, creeping thyme
Not to mention the edible flowers- nasturtium, calendula

I'm gonna need a bigger plot....
Who am i kidding.... i need a small holding!!!!!


« Last Edit: April 29, 2011, 01:36 by TheSpartacat »
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peapod

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #25 on: April 29, 2011, 11:32 »
Quote from: madcat on April 28, 2011, 18:32
Quote from: peapod on April 28, 2011, 00:10

Not a lot for me, but 3 beds are out of commission  :(


Why?  Whats up??   :unsure:

Chris has put a load of building stuff on top of them while we are building a shed and a carrot bed...so it will be worth it in the end
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madcat

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2011, 17:20 »
Ahhh....  my herb beds are suffering a shed too ...   :(

What is it with men and sheds??   ::)
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LivvyW

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Re: It all adds up...
« Reply #27 on: April 29, 2011, 19:28 »
Ooh can i join in! I only have my garden, but im lucky Im rural and have lots of space

In the ground:

3 types of lettuce. Cos, Romaine, and salad bowl
Rocket
wild rocket
Spinach
Sturon onions from sets
Ailsa Craig onions from seeds
Shallots
Autumn and Spring garlic
Spring Onions
Carrots
Radishes
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Gooseberries
Raspberries
Blackcurrant
Redcurrant
Blueberries
1 pear tree
3 apple trees
Herbs - Chives, sage, margoram, oregano, fennel, parsley, lavender, green and lemon thyme, lemon balm and a new rosemary
Charlotte spuds
RDY spuds
Cara spuds
mange tout
early peas
yellow courgette
green courgette
jeruseleum artichokes
comfrey

in pots or trays
Leeks
parsnips
french beans
runner beans
4 types of toms Red Cherry, Black cherry, Moneymaker and scottish yellow
Aubergines
Cucumbers
Chillis
Red and yellow peppers
Sweetcorn
basil
Cauliflower
Calebrese 2 types
cabbage
beetroot

Still to do.

PSB
Swede
Pumpkin

Thanks for that, looks really good when its all typed out.
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