Secrets of Vegetable Gardening

Hi there all.
Having just worked relentlessly to clean up a new garden
I've inherited... today (saturday) I planted my first seeds-
carrots, beeetroot, spring onions, cabbages. I've looked
at the books, video clips etc on how to do it... so that's all fine.

But I'd like to know from the experienced guys and girls
on here... the secrets to getting it right...

Someone said in another post that keeping the ground solid
was the key to getting caulliflowers right, so I'm looking for
that time of advice...

Also, what type of sprays etc, would you recommend to aid
the process???

much thanks :thumb:

 

I wish it were that easy!

Each crop, and each set of circumstances, requires actions which only experience can teach. However I do this this forum is good when help is needed with specific circumstances

 

Fox, I tend to share my veg patch with black fly, slugs, snails, a robin and a blackbird, wandering weeds who should know better and Himself who will dig everything over unless I supervise him.

So far, had some peas..... good crop but only one sowing due to lack of forward planing but I'm learning.:thumb:

 

Fox

The best general advice I can give is:

1 Keep a gardening diary. Make notes when you do things like planting, spraying and picking crops. I've kept a gardening diary for 36 years. It helps prevent making the same mistake twice.

2 When all else fails, read the instructions.

3 Use this forum and Google for specific questions.

Good luck!

 

The answer lies in the soil.....

 

Keep a diary,write down when you sow, transplant and harvest each vegetable etc.
Write down your failures as well as successes!
I also keep a record on a spreadsheet on the computer as well!

Remember and learn from your experience, we all started out not knowing much about gardening!

AND!!! do not get disheartened when things go wrong or something eats or damages all your plants, it still happens to us all at some time, and it really is maddening at the time, but it passes!

Cheers !!!

 

Fox, go buy yourself a great book, entitled The Vegetable & Herb Expert. That`s the best advice I can give. Cheers...freddy.

 

"The Vegetable & Herb Expert"

Agreed; very useful, succinct, book to have by your side.

 

And, of course, use GC regularly.:D:D:thumb:

 

lol soo true

I apply that to most things in life!

 

Isn't it a bit late to be sowing spring onions?

 

We just started to grow our own veg this year and my advice would be to choose only a few crops to begin with, we diversified far too much - got totally carried away and bought so many packets of different seeds and then have found it difficult to keep up with the care of them all!

I am noting down what successes and failures we have and then going to use that to decide on what to grow next year, this site is invaluable as are lots of other gardening websites to gather information and advice, this is the most worthwhile hobby there is!!

 

Yeah, that's what I thought.... I mean they're called SPRING onions :thumb:

But, according to the packet, I can just about get away with it. If not... I can nly learn through mistakes!

Some brilliant advice there anyway.... esp. about keeping a garden diary.

I've ordered: The Vegetable & Herb Expert too, looking forward to getting my hands on it.

Thank you :D:D:D

 

definetely!

 

Good man