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[Stu8706]

Hello

Started new this season.

At the moment i have planted:

French beans, red peppers, spring onions, corgettes, cucumber, pumpkin.

I reckon i have about 2m spare. Would like to know a good veg to start with as the children are expecting big things!!! And some of my veg are failing already!!!!

All hints welcome

Stu

[muckdiva]

Hi Stu
welcome to the vine. Lots of friendly people here with good advice, I'm sure some more will be along soon.

Try mangetout (I've always found them pretty easy) and the kids will probably love picking and eating them raw.

[Dobby]

hi stu
try risister fly carrots

[Alice]

Hi Stu and welcome to the Vine. Maybe you've been a bit ambitious in what you have started with, but if the children are expecting big things, then plant some runner beans. Stick in a few canes in that wee space you have left, tie them into a wigwam, and plant the beans (2 at the bottom of each cane) and stand back. The beans will be up 8' high, make pretty flowers, and give you beans to eat. The children will be well impressed. Jack and the beanstalk stuff. Good luck.

[JennieAtkinson]

Hi Stu and welcome!

I would ditto Alice - runner beans never fail to impress! And they grow so quickly the children will be running outside each morning to see how high they've grown in the night.

[todayiwillbemostlygrowing]

Radishes are great especially as you see and eat the results quickly in about 4 weeks, they are very easy to grow.

[wheatleys wheels]

Hey Stu welcome to the grapevine. I found that strawberries and peas were easy to grow. Also had great success last year with my first attempt at tomatos.

If you are wanting to be ambitious I can send you a few gem squash seeds if you like and you can give them a try. worth a go. PM me if you are interested.

[todayiwillbemostlygrowing]

Hi Stu and Todayiwillbemostlygrowing (what a mouthful!!) Welcome to you both!!

Thanks Lesley Jay for your welcome words. It is lovely to be here and no doubt I shall be asking you all for your advice as the growing season goes on.
Hi to all!

[Stu8706]

Going to go buy some runner beans and strawberries.

That will impress the children did not realise strawberies are an option in the garden. Any tips for strawberries, normally i read whats on the packet then of i go.

Thankyou wheatly's for the kind offer, I might try next year.
Might try taking over more of the wife's sunbathing grassy area!!!!! (god loves a tryer)

Thankyou all

Stu

[sez]

cherry tomatoes?

[Mrs Dobby]

Stu, if running short of room, then consider strawbs in either a hanging basket or a planter made from an old 25l oil drum, just cut some pockets out and plant through it, not forgetting to put a pipe in the center for watering (dril holes at where the plants will be!)

Although we've 230 strawb plants on plot1 we had more plants on plot2, so transplanted them into 2 hanging baskets and 3 home made planters (thanks PW for the drums and the idea!), all of which are flowering and going great guns!