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This year I really must grow celeriac, i've been buying it all winter and love it. (Where am gonnae put it is another matter mind you.)
I think it's going to be a physical impossibility to grow everything i've bought and I may have to do a bit of guerilla gardening on the side.
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Originally posted by Ananke View PostThis year I really must grow celeriac, i've been buying it all winter and love it. (Where am gonnae put it is another matter mind you.)
I think it's going to be a physical impossibility to grow everything i've bought and I may have to do a bit of guerilla gardening on the side.
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oooh lets see,
red cabbage......seems to not get attacked so much by bugs,and a lovely taste,
french climbing beans..........green,purple,yellow,
runners
dwarf beans
carrotts,parsnip,swede,
onions,garlics,leeks
squashes.....summer & autumn one's,but not pumpkin to eat,only for the grandkids,
potatoes
beetroots,.....trying variouse types,
lots of types of salad toms,trying beefstake this year.....and got to have scatalon for the freezer or sauces ext,
cue,variouse lettuce and leafes,
marigolds,variouse flowers,
thats only the MUST have's,plus lots more things,
I have turned into a must have seeds person,and like to try something different each year,and maybe add to the must have list,sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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Top of the list for me are...
Onions of all types, we use loads
Spuds ... Epicure, Caitriona and Cara
Parsnips
Swedes (Tipperary Turnip is very tasty)
Delaway Cabbage - grows tall like a Kale and is cut n come again
Leeks
Carrots of all sorts
Cucumbers
Cos and Red Oak Leaf lettuce
Strawberries CFav, Elsanta and Ostara
Rasberries
Gooseberries
I have 12 Apple trees and 2 Cherry trees but they are just babies yet
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I have another half plot at the allotment site this year so I can grow some 'extras'. I have already planted broad beans (which are up) onions and garlic.
My 'must haves' are tomatoes and cucumber in the greenhouse (only a little one, 6 x 6) but I did not buy toms or cukes for 5 months last year and the taste of bought ones just does not compare.
Early potatoes
Runner beans
French beans
Beetroot
Carrots
Peas - these rarely make it to the pot or the freezer - OH and I eat them raw, so need to grow loads
Lettuce - salad leaves and Kos and iceberg
Radish
Leeks
Spring onions and more onions - we eat tons
Cauliflower
I shall persist with celeriac as I really like it and thus far my 2 attempts have been rubbish - but my first 3 goes at cauliflower were rubbish until this year when I did have some success
Courgette
Gherkins (buy cheap seeds from Lidl - they are great)
Sweet peas, nasturtium, cornflowers, sunflowers
Raspberries, strawberries and rhubarb
Main crop spuds
Going to try winter squash again as they are easy, just found them to be quite tasteless but I will try Crown Prince since lots of grapes recommend it
Going to try cabbage too
It is threads like these that rekindle my enthusiasm when the weather is unpromising and the plot is muddy
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Ooh.. I've been spending days happily sorting out my humongous stash of seeds into what I'm growing, and what I merely got carried away buying. So far I'm definite on:
onions,
garlic (and elephant garlic),
leeks,
broad beans,
peas, peas and more peas,
runner beans,
french beans,
a couple of asparagus peas (because I've grown them before and I like them :P ),
as many squash as can be squished,
courgettes,
tomatoes, on the patio/windowsill and on the plot,
chillis, probably inside,
carrots, in as many colours as I can find,
parsnip (if they'll germinate this year),
brussels sprouts, PSB and cabbages,
spuds- pink fir apple, an undecided first early, a good baker and something a silly colour,
jerusalem artichokes, because I don't have a choice in the matter,
and a selection of undecided misc, mainly leafy stuff.
I don't mind if some of them don't work too well, so long as I get something interesting. I'm enjoying playing with small quantities but lots of variety.
Come on spring!
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I love to grow almost everything listed above.
But regarding a permanent list I'd have;
Amish Paste Toms (in the GH)...........big plum toms lots of flavour
Cosse Violet beans.......don't go stringy/taste good
Kohl Rabi (azur).....quick to grow root and greens are great on the Sunday roast
Summer crookneck squash........tastes like nothing you've ever tasted!
and finally FRESH peas.........gotta have fresh peas......never make it to the kitchen tho!!!!The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
William M. Davies
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First year of growing for me
Raspberries
Strawberries
Leeks
Runners
Tomatoes - at home in greenhouse (when i get one)
Chillies - as above
Peppers - as above
Cabbage
Carrots
Baby beats
Parsnips
Butternut squash
pots
And herbs
Would also love to grow grapes in the greenhouse, but maybe wait to do this
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Its a whole new world now I have raised beds (previously only grew container veg) I am growing some varieties I havent grown before:
Leeks
Cucumber (dragon's egg)
Red onions "electric" - in progress!
mange tout - oregon
beetroot - burpees golden (grown red in pots before, never golden).
Tomatillo (free promotional seeds)
Tomato - Sweet Million
... if I can pluck up the courage I may train Tromboncino Courgettes from a very big pot around the fence - I hear it can be a monster of a plant!Last edited by cazp; 07-01-2012, 11:22 PM.
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1) Gold rush courgettes(unfortunately an F1)
2) Habenero's
3) Rollette little gems squash(these store very well)
4) French beans
5) peas
6) Smile potatos
7)chard (for me and my chooks)
In that order when I was still living in ol' blightyNever test the depth of the water with both feet
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory....
Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
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Must grows fro me are old reliables..
Onions
Spring Onions
Carrotts
Beetroot
Various salad leaves
Must trys are
Tomatoes and chillis this year..!!I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....
...utterly nutterly
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