Too Late??

[hamsterqueen]

seeing as how

1. all my autumn seeds were dug up by cats using raised beds as dirt trays

and

2. I am still harvesting outdoor tomatoes.


is it too late to plant anything else in the beds when I've "scooped the poop"?

I was thinking garlic and maybe a few winter salad items. I've bought supports and netting to keep the b*ggers off teh beds now.

[Capsid]

Aqualdulce broad beans.

[bluemoon]

I'd go with broad beans too, also it's not too late for overwintering peas. Sprout them on damp kitchen paper for a few days, then sow direct. It stops the mice from eating the seeds, but you'll still need to net against pigeons which would eat the new shoots. - this will also work for the beans. If you can't get Aquadulce then a variety called 'The Sutton' works well and most places carry it. Garlic is fine at this time of year too. Not sure about the salad stuff, it's not something I've tried to overwinter. If you do have a go let us know how it went as I'd like to have a bash at it myself.

[hamsterqueen]

Just come in with a lb of cherry tomatoes from the garden.

The cats have left me two tiny carrot plants too!

I will definitely have a go at the garlic, beans and peas.

as I have the seeds I'll chuck a few lambs lettuce in too.

Thanks for the help

[Lazgaot]

I've planted overwintering onion and garlic,both doing well so far. I also have some peas in that are doing alright. The salad crops I've got in are growing but very, very slowly. Could probably do with being uner plastic...

[djhs196]

If you're able to provide some cover - plastic cover, cold frame over the bed - you may have a chance.

I managed rocket, corn salad and winter purslane in just a cold frame over a bed last year, but that would have been planted in early October. I'm also trying a bunch of stuff in the greenhouse this year - rocket, corn salad, oriential mustards, chard, perpetual spinach and overwintering peas (for the pea tops) - which have only recently gone in.

It may be too late, but if it's only the price of a few seeds - it's got to be worth a go.

I saw 1/2 price veg plug plants in B&Q at the weekend - perpetual spinach, chard - that could also give a head start on resowing from scratch?

[SlugLobber]

I also had trouble with my kitty digging. Not actually on the onion patch, but next to it and rather enthusiastically. I've got some off-cuts of 'border' fencing (about a foot high) and stuck them at right angles to each other, protecting the onion patch from excavations. It's worked a treat. Rosco uses it like he would a normal kitty litter and the onions are undisturbed. A cloche over the kale has protected that, too.