[trampyjoe]

I'm paranoid now, I've got a row of garlic (casablanca) in, a few trial elephant garlic and I put a row of peas in yesterday (metor).  I have an excuse for sowing so early though, well 3 excuses:
1 - The seed packets told me to do it.
2 - its my first allotment
3 - I'm young and therefore impatient (well, I'm not impatient) 

[PurplePixie]

Mr Pixie will have to get used to those sort of comments - they are quite common amongst gardeners.       

He says he'll worry when I start giving anything in a pot a name .... I told him that 'Clem' who lives on the trellis by the back door has lots of buds on this year 

[Auntiemogs]

Mr Pixie wondered what on earth was going on when he heard a little voice in the garden say " woo hooo... well done, I thought you was dead!"  

[PurplePixie]

1 - The seed packets told me to do it.

Same here Joe .... I got my new greenhouse sorted and then got a huge bundle of seeds at the end of January. Loads of them said sow from Feb ... so I thought well, it's feb this week so why not and then we got all that frost 

Fingers crossed for yours ... mine all seem to be waking up a bit now!

[Yorkie]

yes your quote worked but how did you do it? ive never done one either!

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[DD.]

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Surely no one's ever done that? 

[Yorkie]

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Surely no one's ever done that? 

Surely not 

[thestens]

Garlic planted in early November - about 2 in high already. Shallots in May put leeks in greenhouse tomorrow. I am optimistic. Will be away for 5 weeks from Thursday. Arranged green house watering every ten days. So fingers crossed should have some leeks just coming through when I get back.

[Christine]

The over wintered onions and garlic is fine - they always seem to be. But I put out some broad beans and think that the sudden frost has done for them. So I shall wait a bit to replace them. Hey ho, the last couple of winters the early broad beans have been fine but I think that I was just a bit too early this year. I should know better.

[New shoot]

Well the majority of my onion and cauliflower seedlings made it through in the greenhouse heavily fleeced, so pricked them out today as a reward for their efforts.  Broad beans were also in there along with shallots in cell trays and they are fine, so off to the cold frame for them.

As I now have more room immediately got itchy fingers so started various chillies and peppers inside, plus some more onions and celeriac - I decided last year not to bother with celariac again but then someone gave me some seeds and you know how it is    I reckon an early start may be worth trying.  Also started yellow climbing mangetouts and a giant podded climbing sugar pea in cell trays in the greenhouse  

[Auntiemogs]

Sowed PSB Summer Purple in modules in cold conservatory, 2 seeds to a module (oh how I wish my seed sower had worked!). Now have 40 PSB seedlings!  Still, will cull them down to 20 and plenty for swapsies at the gardening club.  Will deffo be 1 per module next year! 

[richrua]

The over wintered onions and garlic is fine - they always seem to be. But I put out some broad beans and think that the sudden frost has done for them. So I shall wait a bit to replace them. Hey ho, the last couple of winters the early broad beans have been fine but I think that I was just a bit too early this year. I should know better.

Yea I was hoping to put out some broad beans. It would be nice to start the season early this year and get a long growing season for once!

[Lady Rosemary]

Lady Rosemary - Isn't East Leake in Nottinghamshire?  It was when I was in the Leicestershire Police - we always used to pass the buck! 

Yep, it sure is DD. And it's not too bad weather wise ATM. Will keep you updated as to the progress of my lovely peas in the tunnel! As for the local police, they're simply lovely! 

Mandy

[DigIt]

So far I have resisted temptation. We have been very fortunate this year with the weather. It's like another world, reading of -10 and below and snow etc and we have had just a few days of frost.
Last week was absolutely lovely down here. The ground was fit enough to plant the early spuds but something tells me just to hold back a little bit until we're through Feb. I have in recent years planted spuds/onions/shallots at the end of the first week of March, which is the aim again this year.

But it is very difficult to sit on your hands especially as we are being forecast double figures again this week and not the minus variety.
 

[Wattsy]

my november sown garlic is racing away some of it is 4 inches already recent warm weather has given them a leg up. rabbits have eaten a couple of them down to the ground though (angry face). i put stuttgarter and red baron onions out today its been really warm (especially yesterday) in lincoln and they were only £1.49 a pack so i thought why not? looking forward to my first proper growing season

matt