This weather and growing.

[organic]

It probably depends on your variety. Some broadies are really hardy and will usually get through frosts without any bother. Others, maybe less so.
Fleece certainly couldn't hurt though.

Hope they are ok.

[WeeGarden]

Thanks Organic

The broadies are The Sutton - not a type for overwintering I think.

re. "being able to sit on the ground bare arsed" - I don't think I could even do it with my pants on, it's that cold here!

[Alison]

I've not seen any horsetail yet (it'll come... I dug out loads of complete and intact roots last year but I'm under no illusion that it's gone

Sadly it's started coming up round here so you'll see it soon

[organic]

WeeGarden
I've got a pack of The Sutton right here. It suggests sewing outside from November and as far as I know it's an overwintering variety. Probably not totally hardy by the sound of it though. Ah well.

Alison
I'm certain it will. I'm just keeping my eye on it so I can keep cutting off its head any time it pokes above the soil. I don't expect to get rid of it, but I should be able to weaken it at least.

[Bigmallly]

Cabbage seedlings in the GH have given up the ghost but luckily I put some in heated GH as well which are fine. The Mangetout & Petit Pois is about 5" high in rootrainers but have given them a fleece blanket tonight. Not taking any more chances.

[BUFFS]

ive still got 8ins of ice in the old bath,sunk in ground by veg patch,and ice is 1ins down all over the veg patch,so as my mate paul (from leeds) used to say "all below manchester were southern softies" but that no longer counts,with the weather this year,everywhere is struggling to cope with the extended cold spell,ours started mid-december and still going strong must be the global warming!!!!!!

[jogette]

Seduced by the lovely sunny day last Saturday I planted out the broadies that I had started indoors - they were about 4 inches high and I potted up my plum tomato plants (40 of them - when will I learn) and put them in the unheated conservatory.
Later that night I was reading this forum and realised how cold it was outside. The tomatoes were quickly brought back in the house, I really thought I would lose them but they have bucked up.
A couple of broadies looked rather frozen when I went up to the allotment but I've just left them - they might still manage to survive.
I have some beefsteak tomatoes that badly need potting up but I haven't any room left in the kitchen. When will these freezing cold nights end? My car was frozen again this morning

[gojiberry]

A row of peas and a row of broad beans (both plants started in the G/house) went in the lottie 10 days ago and they are doing OK. The sutton will overwinter quite well if you keep it out of the wind.

Ian

[bevanbawb]

Onion sets have been in at the lottie since late-Jan/early-Feb and have only shown new shoots in the last week or so, was beginning to worry that they'd all rotted in the ground.

Broad Beans and shallots went in last week having been started off in a coldframe, haven't checked on them yet but I'm sure the shallots will be fine, fingers crossed for the beans though.

[WeeGarden]

The broadies in the ground have defrosted nicely under the fleece, and I've begun to leave the top off my wooden mini growhouse now that the nights are no longer under 0oC, to make for stronger seedlings. I have mangetout and a second sowing of broadies and sweetpeas in there, as well as my garlic chive seedlings. They seem to be ok still.

Looking forward to a sunny weekend here!

[Storming Norman]

No it's definitely at least 2 weeks behind last year here in 'sarf' London. This time last year I had pea and carrot seeds in - not really sensible presently. Frustrating eh?

My November planted garlic only came up 2 weeks ago, but the garlic planted 3 weeks ago popped up quite quickly. I put in some pot started shallots 2 weeks ago - they don't look so happy.

Last year I planted early potatoes in my garden early March. They are very slow to chit on the windowsills this year.

I'm going to try to put the onion sets in tomorrow - that's late but sensible.

Almost everyone turned up at the lottie for the first time this past weekend, stuck a fork in the ground, swore, and went away. It was not really digable. I'm lucky that I have raised beds so this gives a bit more leeway.

It's even freezing at night in the greenhouse still.

Only the winter veg under nets and fleeces are looking sort of happy.

[gillian62]

I did wonder about putting some seeds in containers in an unheated greenhouse. Is that a good idea, or should I just wait a bit longer?

[Bramble_killer]

I'm BORED of this weather. can we be done with it now please. it's driving me mad

[BUFFS]

ive put my tatties in tubs today and will cover tops with newspaper each night,will do onion sets tomorrow(hopefully) and all the toms,peppers,melons,etc were only sown yesterday into a propergator,in 30 odd years i have never known the cold drag on so long without a break

[jogette]

one of the old boys at our allotment was planting his first early potatoes yesterday. He's Irish and loves his spuds. He digs really deep trenches (at least knee deep) and then plants the potato deep in the ridge of earth that is thrown up. He did say that it was a little early because of the weather but he will cover them with some sacking to protect against frost.
I'd better get cracking, I haven't even dug the bed yet