veg for winter

greeting's my greened fingerd muckers, i'd first like to say a big hiya to everyone who find themselves in gardening corner, searching for tit-bit's of info to make our very special garden's of eden more productive, and enjoy watching the gentle nuturing touch of our beutiful mother nature in all her glourious ways, is there anybody out there who can share there hard earned knwledge regarding which vegtable is one of the easiest i can start off in pot's now that i will be able to transfer into my plots that i am about to harvest, maybe winter veg, it will have to be winter veg i understand it is to late in the season to plant now and harvest before the end of summer, all reply's will be met with the upmost of my thank's

 

Welcome dominic from oswestry,

stick around and someone will be able to help you out. Might be worth sending PLOTTY a PM, he has an amazing allotment.

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000364

http://www.myallotments.blogspot.com

BM

 

banana man, it is a well documented fact that some commercial garderner's have been known to play thier crops, especially in poly's & greenhouses music, it is something to do with the vibration, exactly what, i dont know, have you tried playing your crop's any rave, maybe some retro piano, raving just might be good for your root's? lol dominic...

give a man a fish he'll eat for a day
give a man a rod he'll eat forever??????????

 

Well my banana plants are pretty huge and they are close to rave central. LoL I would love a polytunel at the end of my garden to rave in. :D

 

Hi dominic, great time of year - loads you can plant for harvest this year and overwintering/crops next year.

From my list for the next three months:

Sowing for winter crops:
Salsify
Scorzonera
Carrot
Beetroot
Komatsuna (Mustard Spinach)
Kale
Potatoes

Sowing for this year
Dwarf and pole beans
Orientals: Choy Sum, Broccoli Raab, Gai Lan, Mizuna
Kale
Chicory
Lettuce, beetroot, carrots
Rocket, parsley

Planting out seedlings of:
Cabbage, sprouting broccoli, brussels sprouts, calabrese, caulis, leeks, globe artichokes

Sowing for 2007
Overwintering onions (Senshyu Yellow is reliable) by mid-August
Overwintering 'spring' onions in early Sept
Later on - overwintering broadies and peas, garlic in November

Hope that helps - just grow what you enjoy eating!

 

useful post - cheers supersprout, v helpful. didn't even realise this was possible...