I'm ordering a big plum type Tomato that I've not tried before called Big Mama , a mini plum that I grew last year - Sungrape. and for something completely different a yellow grape variety called Ildi . I've just 2 cucumber Euphya seeds from last year so have ordered some Louisa, another variety I've grown in the past. Sweet Peppers will be Bullhorn Mix. I have a few very old leek seeds so I'll get some new and a new large pack of beetroot to add to the pack of Bolthardy left from last year. The rest - parsley, nasturtium and basil I can get from anywhere and probably cheaper - as long as I remember to write them on a shopping list. D.T Browns don't have a mini sweetcorn so I'll look elsewhere for them, my Essex friends love to grow lots of corncobs so I could pass the packet onto them because I don't want to grow the big cobs.
Apart from the above the other things I'm planning to grow are the same as last year...... French Climbing beans and Runner Beans - both from seed I saved from what I grew. Aubergines, chard, Mange tout peas, lettuces and courgettes.I also have 4 butternut squash seeds to hopefully grow better than last year when only 1 plant survived and produced just 1 squash!
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Sue
You will have some lovely meals to make with all those veggies. Maybe the mystery sweetcorn is at home somewhere but stuck to the back of something else or has fallen down the back of a bookcase or maybe you will find it squashed inside one of your gardening books!!
ReplyDeleteI reckon I looked at different packets at the boot sale and then picked up the wrong one, came home and put it away without another look.
DeleteLast year I bought Ildi from Lidl.
ReplyDeletewere they any good....tastewise
DeleteYes, quite sweet but with a touch of sharpness. Looked great in salads mixed with red cherry tomatoes.
DeleteYes Sue - I don't grow from seed as I have no veg garden or facilities for growing veg but I do find Clare Austin's hardy plant catalogue so fascinating. I have bought quite a lot from her and never had a failure yet.
ReplyDeleteHaven't come across that plant catalogue
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to my garden this year for I moved in December and of course I was ill so I just left what I had in the garden, lots of roses and christmas roses my grandson did the pots so am going to get a couple of catalogs and I have renewed the Cottage Garden Society membership. I am not a vegetable grower expect peas, runner, tomatoes.
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Fingers crossed for a good growing year for us all
DeleteWhen we had our allotment I just loved these little magazines.
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It used to take me ages to decide when we were at the smallholding and growing for sale. It's easier now but I still like to read all the descriptions and choose varieties
DeleteGosh you're organised! I have a tiny 6ft area of a shared backgreen as my veg plot - unf this year it's my neighbour's turn to take over for next few years. So I am going to attempt to start from scratch in an unused 6ft flowerbed in the shade?! Not happy!
ReplyDeleteHave you got anywhere for pots of veg?
DeleteOur local Wyevale garden centre, usually have a huge tub of all their remaining seeds for 50p, then as the weeks go by the price drops to 10p. My son in York this week was telling me about the same thing, to which I replied ‘Just wait until the price drops!’ I can’t remember the last time I paid full price for a packet of seeds. Best you check it out Sue, especially as your are such a gal for a bargain. Have a happy and healthy new year,
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My local Wyevale which is now a Dobbies is 40 minutes away!which is a lot of diesel and I know seeds are cheaper in places like QD or B&M or Wilkinsons but after all the years on the smallholding I love the fun of trying new varieties or sticking with ones I've grown before that have done well
DeleteMay I recommend a variety of beetroot that I grow every year. It never fails, tastes delicious and is tasty, small or large. It's a long variety called "Alto"
ReplyDeleteReally worthwhile crop. 😀
I have tried the long varieties at the smallholding but they heavy clay soil meant they were just pushed up out of the ground. Haven't tried them here maybe next year
DeleteI live in Lancashire and the ground is very heavy clay. They do well for me.
DeleteYou'll have a great veg garden with that lot. Tam brought seeds with her at Christmas and we had a swop around too, so I've got some new-to-me things to try (I'll have to do a post on that). Beetroot I never grow as we don't care for it (Tam grows it for her partner, who loves it).
ReplyDeleteI love beetroot, still harvesting and eating
DeleteA good selection of veg to look forward£ to. I grew big plum tomatoes last year and had an amazing crop. They just kept coming. I am looking forward to getting in the greenhouse and sowing seeds. :)
ReplyDeleteThe hares are creeping into veg bed to feast on the last few beetroot laying on the soil. My what big teeth they have!
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have you heard of http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ their seeds are open-pollinated (non-hybrid), so you can save your own vegetable seed using the instructions they provide.
ReplyDeletewe used to grow san maranzo for tomato sauce. there are the best for that, it is what they use in expensive tinned ones.
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