Low maintanence veggies?

[greenishfing]

A neighbour used to bring her little baby to the allotment in the pram most afternoons and the child would sleep happily in the pram. As she got a bit older she played in a small sandpit on the plot. Age 2 or 3 she would be helping with the planting and going round and round the paths on her little tricycle. Children are adaptable.

Just to add by 3 or 4 years old this child knew exactly who grew the best strawberries/raspberries/tomatoes etc and was always around to offer to help with picking. I think by the age of 10 or 11 she could have managed an allotment by herself and was used to socialising with all ages.
I don't see why a baby should restrict you. It won't be long before he/she is "helping".

[Chrissyteacup]

Thanks VC! I’m sure he will! Don’t tempt me with the other greenhouse- the boarders are full of mares tail so kept covered to try to smother it out (I will one day try and dig to Australia to remove it all but been trying to weaken it first!) but that means everything in pots so extra watering to keep up with!

[veggiechicken]

My GHs have concrete floors to stop weeds coming through! I've "built" shallow beds on top and sit open bottomed pots on that. Makes watering a lot easier and stops the thuggish weeds.

[Mitzi]

Congratulations!

Just don't be hard on yourself and if you find it all too much then that's OK. Don't beat yourself up; you can always come back to it later. It's not the same being a father of a newborn and being a mother. Fathers don't have to recover from the delivery (which can vary tremendously) and if you're breast feeding that will tie you to the baby more and tire you out too.

Maybe just sow green manures in any spare beds.

[Logunner]

I’d go with squash, carrots ( use pelleted seeds ), courgette, beetroot, swede, and some strawberries.

[DannyK]

Don't know if I've missed it, chard is trouble free. There is leaf miner but not all the time and it does freeze easily after steaming/microwaving.

[Mitzi]

Don't know if I've missed it, chard is trouble free. There is leaf miner but not all the time and it does freeze easily after steaming/microwaving.

I totally failed with chard this year. Slugs got most of the seedlings and the only surviving plant was totally infested with leaf miner. I never got a harvest and now the plant has completely vanished (presumably slugs again?) I can't even identify where it was, it's gone so completely.

[DannyK]

Mitzi I have loads in my freezer. Miner was only a nuisance for a short period. I started mine in root trainers then 3.5 inch pots as they then stand better chance against slugs etc. So far so good.

French beans, courgettes , cucumbers poor yields this year, yours must have been better!

[lolie]

Thanks everyone! After being told I’d not have time to do any gardening I’d been a bit concerned I was expecting too much from myself! You’ve all made me feel so much better! And I do like the idea about little one helping in the garden I remember pulling up carrots and eating them soil and all as a kid!

My grand-daughter is 17 months old and has been "helping" me in the garden for the last 6 months. It won't be long at all until your little one is doing the same.