A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 This lot,,,

came today!
been waiting over 3 weeks
Bean runner
" " dwarf french
" " broad
beetroot
broccoli
cabbage X 4 types
carrot 2 types
cauliflower
cress water
cucumber 2 types
leek
lettuce 5 types
onion 3 types
pepper
peas 2 types
radish
tomato 3types
marrow
ive already got my seed potatoes 28lb
and a pound of onion sets

best i get the greenhouse heated up this weekend!!!

WOW Mark! You sure got a lot!

I'd get that greenhouse up, heated, and running ASAP!

WooHoo Mark..looks like you will be in full swing soon with all those seeds!

Wow! That's gonna be an impressive garden. You might have to post a few pictures.

Mark, what's marrow?

Gonna try and get the greenhouse disinfected tommorow, then get my propagators going too, because i want to start sowing the tom's n peppers as soon as we get a wet day again.

Deb, i think you call them zucchini, i dont eat them myself there just for family n friends,,,
cant wait to eat the rest though

Oh-zucchini.
Thanks !
Keep us posted about the watercress-I haven't seen it in the nurseries yet but I'll buy the plant when I do.
I'm interested to see what happens when you try the seed.

I had to open the watercress packet just to see :rolleyes:
the seeds are so small, like (petunia,lobelia) size.
still, got to try it though!

You should try them sliced length wise, brushed with Italian dressing and grilled on the Barbie!!! YUMMMMMMM!

That sounds like an awesome garden you're gonna have Mark...
*Where do you get your plants from, catalogs', seeds, etc?*

And did we see a picture of your green house??
I'm thinkin' we did.. but I'm thinkin' I can't be sure???

Fantastic selection of seeds. I too am looking forward to many pictures. some of the seedlings in the greenhouse and some of the garden when it is planted.

Congrats on getting a jump start on spring.

Have you planted all your list? It sounds a lovely exciting collection. How big is your garden Mark? I think you should post some pics for us all to see. I shall start my seeds begining of March...But I feel tempted now to start earlier.

Glenda, nice to see you !
Where ya been?

Weezie ive tried them a few times, stuffed with mince n onions, not for me though!
i only have 1 shot of the greenhouse, dont think i posted it because the toms didnt look good

i grow them all from seed.

TK i would like to do the pics but i keep forgetting to do it, i will try a bit harder this year though

Glenda im trying hard to hold back on sowing the seed, most wont be started till early march, last year we had all the bad weather in march!
none of that lot are going in the garden, there going over the allotment, i think my plot is 98 square metres, less the shed, second greenhouse, and compost bins.

so something like 27 by 30 feet? My metric is useless sorry. That's not a bad bit of garden. Far larger than I had last year even after you put a small shed and green house on it. I think anyway. I'm trying to get my imagination to fill in the gaps. lol.

Good luck with all your seeds. I know waiting is hard but it saves on some disappointments if you wait until the correct time I've found.

I wouldn't eat it that way either..
ewwwwwww...
*well, I am not fan of mince or cooked onions*
~~>but try it my way, you just never know..
~~~~>I never used to eat that either *zucchini*
but one day when I was at work at a restaurant,
and there was this awesome smell coming from the kitchen.. and I was like, what is that smell?? and it was zucchini on the grill with Italian dressing..... and I went ewwwwwww
that smell's so good but I'm nottt gonna try it...
Well, long story short, it was excellant, and I've been eating it ever since...
(make sure you caramalize it a bit with the grill marks', that makes it sweeter..

And your greenhouse house is verrrrrrrrrry nice

TK i got it wrong!
its 194sq metres.... from memory its 27feet by 78 split into 3 sections.

Weezie, i will give it a try on the barbie,
and didnt you notice them purple stems on the toms

Those tomatoes look beautiful,
I never saw the purple stems..
*Mine have that too, even store/nursery one's too*

I saw beautiful tomato plants, big and green
and ready to be planted deep up to the second set of leaves there...
*oooooh, that almost sounded a bit risk~kayyyyyyyy *

they turned purple when they got a chill one afternoon, i only had the heat off for a couple of hours


I saw beautiful tomato plants, big and green
and ready to be planted deep up to the second set of leaves there...
*oooooh, that almost sounded a bit risk~kayyyyyyyy *
dont think i will post no more pics if you get that excited!!!

Mark, have you planted the watercress yet?

No deb, waiting till it warms up a bit!
then i can start them off in trays that hold water.
want to keep them over the allotment, because if i keep them at home im sure a mix of water n compost in a tray would be a magnet to my little one
have you got yours?

What's an allotment?
No, our garden stores don't have the plants yet.

Extra garden,,,
roughly its a place where theres lots of plots for people to grow things on.
on mine theres 46 plots.
there mainly run by the local council, and are rented on a anual basis, good place to escape for a while

Oh ! Thanks for explaining.
We call that "community gardening" or "the community gardens" here.

i thought community gardens where were you all chip in together

Community Gardens' over here are
more like one specific project and
everyone pitches in to get the job done...

Over there, their plots are seperate gardens,
but a bunch together in one spot...