When am I pushing it for 'snips and squash?

[SlugLobber]

Have been hit with a rather large bombshell at work - they want to relocate me to Basel, Switzerland. This means (amongst all the decisions and carp) my sowing schedule has been stuffed and I don't know how much I'll be around in the coming months.

How late can I leave it? If I do tell em to stuff it (and snatch the money and run!), I obviously want to get cracking, but even looking at the garden makes me upset at the mo!

[taff]

parsnips are good for a couple of months yet, you'll get smaller ones the later you do it but they'll still be edible.
Squash for saving for winter should be done around a few weeks before your last frost if you want a good harvest, so in the next month for them. Squash for eating over the summer, courgettes etc, can be left till the end of may if you like.

[Florence Fennel]

Taff's right SL, but why not make a start anyway? Good Luck whatever you decide.

[SlugLobber]

Garrrrrghhhh! Have tried replying three times and poote is saying noooooo!!!


Thanks guys. Will seed the butternuts and courgettes tomorrow and maybe the snips, too!

[Lotsaveg]

Have been hit with a rather large bombshell at work - they want to relocate me to Basel, Switzerland.

Sounds like a Syngenta move?

[Jono]

I haven't sown my squash yet. Will probably do it under cover in the next couple of weeks. Don't normally plant out until mid May.

Have sown some parsnips, but I'm rubbish at them, so won't comment!

I'd just so as normal anyway, and go with the flow.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

[Glutton4...]

Have been hit with a rather large bombshell at work - they want to relocate me to Basel, Switzerland. This means (amongst all the decisions and carp) my sowing schedule has been stuffed and I don't know how much I'll be around in the coming months.

How late can I leave it? If I do tell em to stuff it (and snatch the money and run!), I obviously want to get cracking, but even looking at the garden makes me upset at the mo!

OMG! How permanent is the posititon? Switzerland is an expensive place to live, I believe. Good luck with your decision making, whichever option you choose.

[SlugLobber]

Oh golly, so sorry, I just found this and I never replied! The move was for Novartis, not Syngenta and I obviously told em to bugger orf, as I'm still here! I did look around Basel, and although there was lots of elderflower, there were very few apartments with green space. So, although it was a permanent position, I would never have stayed long term, anyway.

So, I am now digging over a new plot (part of the smallholding I now live on - other house rented out) and I am happy to say there will be many SURREY onions next year and no Swiss ones!

[zazen999]

Thank goodness, I was just about to shout 'don't sow squash now you silly ...' then I looked at the date.

[Florence Fennel]

I've just done the same Zaz! Glad to see you're still here SL

[chris]

and me hehe. Sounds amazing though, I hope to be there (small holding, not .ch) one day

[SlugLobber]

Thanks all. Sorry for the 'squash sowing in November' heart attacks, he he!