Just bought first home. Need tips for growing veggies in back garden

Hi,
iv just bought my first home with a garden and want to start growing my own vegtables. Is it too late in the summer to start planting?

 

Hello and welcome. Have you got the ground ready for planting? If you have, you might still get away with late potatoes, or according to my dad, japanese onions, and probably various other crops, but I think its too late for most stuff.

 

ahhh ill just have to forget about it then for 2012! haha thanks anyways

 

I'd use the next few months to get the ground how you want it. Dig out any beds you want, make any paths, mend fences etc etc. Then you'll be ready for a nice early start next year.

That's not to say that its too late to grow anything this year. Have a look at some of the seed catalogues (suttons, marshalls, morgans etc), many of them sell young plants ready to go in next month. Also, for a bit of colour if its what's you need, go along to, dare I say it, B&Q and the likes. A lot of the big shops have a 'casualty corner' where perfectly good plants get sold off dirt cheap just because nobody could be bothered to water them. You get them home, trim the dead bits off, give them a good soak, and half the time they perk up nicely.

 

mite do that alrite ya know! thanks for the advice. Im ust thinkin the way things are going at the minute we will all need to be growing our food at some stage. Just getting ready ha!

 

This year was my first year at growing a wide range of stuff, instead of limiting my food crops to potatoes, peas, nasturtium and herbs. Sods law intervened, and we got the worst growing year ever and the slugs ate all my stuff. Although I have got a fair few onions, and we got a few peas and potatoes, though nothing like what we should have got. The leaf beet did ace though. No shortage of fresh salad leaves.

I think if we're all going to grow our own, we need to find some new techniques to protect against awful weather, and slugs.

 

Welcome to GC Liamish....you've come to the right place

 

Welcome to GC, Liamish and congratulations on your new home and garden

I'll second clueless' advice but I'm also going to add: Wyevale have a sale on seeds at the moment and even if all you do is plant up an old washing up bowl, you can still plant salad leaves. They grow quickly and were one of the first things I tried my hand at; gave me enormous pleasure as my first "success" Yesterday, I pulled my first ever carrots

Be sure you know your aspect, soil type and have a clear idea of where you want to site your vegetables (a dedicated plot? Pots? Raised beds? Among the borders?).

 

It's never too late to plant something Post a thread in 'Edible Gardening' and I'm sure someone will help you out. Welcome...BTW