Hi everyone! Well looks like my beans and tomatos are done and it's time to look at my garden for winter. thinking of planting next week. Is that too late or do I still have time? Once I clear the garden do I feed the soil with sheep pellets etc. Any hints for a real beginner gardener? Would love to attend/or have attended the prep for winter garden seminar but just a bit too far away. Any chance to view it online?
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depending on how warm your site is calendula sown from seed now might not flower till much later. but probably is the way to go because i don't know if garden centres sell smaller seedlings. the 'potted colour' way that they sell mature plants is an expensive way to go. once you've planted them once they self-seed well, so you shouldn't have to raise from seed again.
Shona Cullen said:
Lynne said:
Hi there I have just set up my raised garden and planted some brassicas. Would you suggest calendula seedlings or seeds or doesn't it matter? I'm a very new gardener but enjoy colour in my garden.
Christy Ralphs said:
you could plant seedlings of any of the brassicas. they would like sheep pellets added.
there is quite a few salad greens that will grow over winter , check names/varieties to see if they are suitable - i grow a lettuce called 'winter lettuce' for example. spinach is good. we are very fortunate in the north that a lot of things will grow year round, especially if you have a frost free site.
and i always plant calendulas for winter colour, and sweet peas now so that they will flower in spring.
Hi Lynne - It dosn't matter with caladula it grows easy! seeds are cheapest and grows well, also a great companion plant.Fab colour too.
Hi there I have just set up my raised garden and planted some brassicas. Would you suggest calendula seedlings or seeds or doesn't it matter? I'm a very new gardener but enjoy colour in my garden.
Christy Ralphs said:
you could plant seedlings of any of the brassicas. they would like sheep pellets added.
there is quite a few salad greens that will grow over winter , check names/varieties to see if they are suitable - i grow a lettuce called 'winter lettuce' for example. spinach is good. we are very fortunate in the north that a lot of things will grow year round, especially if you have a frost free site.
and i always plant calendulas for winter colour, and sweet peas now so that they will flower in spring.
Hi Lynne - It dosn't matter with caladula it grows easy! seeds are cheapest and grows well, also a great companion plant.Fab colour too.
Mini-Leeks are a goody to plant now ... got some in the 'Niche' seeb brand .... plus Mini Savoy Cabbages from same Brand ... really well suited to raised beds or small gardens. Seed now in paper pots :-))
I'm up in Northland so it's pretty warm even in winter. I cleared most of my summer beds about 3 weeks ago and planted out peapods, a courgette, some lettuce, red and white onions, beetroot, parsnip, spinach, and a whole stack of herbs oh and some broad beans.
We've got donkey so I had made ( and diluted) some fertiliser. Some of these are experiments, like the courgette but it seems to be thriving. I'm in trial and error mode!
Hi there
I have just set up my raised garden and planted some brassicas. Would you suggest calendula seedlings or seeds or doesn't it matter?
I'm a very new gardener but enjoy colour in my garden.
Christy Ralphs said:
you could plant seedlings of any of the brassicas. they would like sheep pellets added.
there is quite a few salad greens that will grow over winter , check names/varieties to see if they are suitable - i grow a lettuce called 'winter lettuce' for example. spinach is good. we are very fortunate in the north that a lot of things will grow year round, especially if you have a frost free site.
and i always plant calendulas for winter colour, and sweet peas now so that they will flower in spring.
you could plant seedlings of any of the brassicas. they would like sheep pellets added.
there is quite a few salad greens that will grow over winter , check names/varieties to see if they are suitable - i grow a lettuce called 'winter lettuce' for example. spinach is good. we are very fortunate in the north that a lot of things will grow year round, especially if you have a frost free site.
and i always plant calendulas for winter colour, and sweet peas now so that they will flower in spring.
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Shona Cullen said:
Hi Lynne - It dosn't matter with caladula it grows easy! seeds are cheapest and grows well, also a great companion plant.Fab colour too.
We've got donkey so I had made ( and diluted) some fertiliser. Some of these are experiments, like the courgette but it seems to be thriving. I'm in trial and error mode!
I have just set up my raised garden and planted some brassicas. Would you suggest calendula seedlings or seeds or doesn't it matter?
I'm a very new gardener but enjoy colour in my garden.
Christy Ralphs said:
there is quite a few salad greens that will grow over winter , check names/varieties to see if they are suitable - i grow a lettuce called 'winter lettuce' for example. spinach is good. we are very fortunate in the north that a lot of things will grow year round, especially if you have a frost free site.
and i always plant calendulas for winter colour, and sweet peas now so that they will flower in spring.