I guess I ought to get around to introducing myself

[Sheepish]

as I've been posting occasionally for a few weeks now.

I'm from East Yorkshire and after occasional dabbling in the past have taken on rather more gardening in the past year or so as a) I'm not working full time at the moment and b) have taken on my late father's garden.

Had a reasonably successful year with the spuds, carrots, runner beans, parsnips and swedes and in the flower beds poppies, cornflowers and sweet peas; managed to get a good few tomatoes before blight hit them and failed miserably with caulis and chinese cabbage.

And now next years catalogues are starting to arrive and give me new bright ideas to mull over...

[Snadger]

Welcome to the vine sheepish.......and it has to be said, dont be so sheepish in the future! Just join in and fill ya boots!

PS never had much luck myself with caulis and chinese cabbage, so you're not alone!

[BrideXIII]

welcome, sounds like you have had plenty of sucesses to encourage you further.

[FionaH]

Hiya and wellcome

[Two_Sheds]

Hi and welcome
The most common reason for failure with Chinese veg is sowing them in the spring. They hate heat.
Sow them late summer for an autumn crop and they do much better. Watch out for slugs though.

[Flummery]

Hi and welcome. Everyone has some massive successes ansd some veg they never manage to grow properly. The old hands blame the soil!

[Sheepish]

Hi and welcome
The most common reason for failure with Chinese veg is sowing them in the spring. They hate heat.
Sow them late summer for an autumn crop and they do much better. Watch out for slugs though.

I did sow them in the autumn, I think the problem was that having done so on a dry day we then had about five days of heavy rain. Which come to think of it sums up most of the year...

[kate&rob]

welcome to the vine sheepish, everyone on here is really friendly and there is always plenty of good advice to be had.