hedd-wyn Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Having just moved into a new property the garden was the last project on the list. However I did manage to hack my way through some of the jungle and plant some potatoes, onions, spring onions, strawberries & rhubarb. So, what do you self sufficient gentlemen have on the go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 herbs.....................cant be bothered with the big stuff anymore ..onions pots etc....i can buy them....so i just grow herbs....fresh herbs in food makes everything sooo much better.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peck Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I have decided to grow berries of various sorts. It started when i bought some Goji berry plants from Lidl, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Da Iawn (well done) Hedd Wyn Potatoes, carrots, beetroot, French beans, shallots, radishes, tomatoes, lettuce, chives, and cucumber. All being well if I get a nice sea trout during the summer i'll be able to eat a meal mostly self grown/caught. Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Rhubarb and herbs, and quite a few trees! (Including apples, pears, cherry, plum, blueberry, fig...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Been the most useless gardener in the world i am "trying"Spuds, toms, cucumber, herb tray, strawbs & rhubarb fairly sure most of it wont see june Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lksopener Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Tomatoes, chills, peppers, onions, lettuce, beetroot, peas, carrots, strawberries, butternut squash, plus have a couple of apple trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 OLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 😂 funny old pigeon popper, got fruit bushes and apples and a greenhouse still waiting for a base☹ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I'm sexually self sufficient and growing tired of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I generally grow stuff you can't buy or that are easy to grow and expensive to buy or are best to have at hand. It's hard to buy some things that are properly ripened, are fresh enough, are strains that have not had the flavour bred out of them at the expense of traits that commercial varieties need to be. My core driver is flavour. So year on year I grow new potatoes, runners, broads, spring and summer cauliflowers, broccoli (not calabrese), red beet, courgettes, lettuce, tomatoes, chillies, mushrooms, some herbs, red/ white/ blackcurrants, summer and autumn raspberries, apples, pears, rhubarb and occasional things such as squash, cucumbers and anything else that takes my fancy for a change such as chard this year. In an ideal world I'd have more ground put aside for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 A bit of everything. In the front garden strawberries, rasps, goosegogs, re and black currents plus sundry herbs. On allotment spuds, peas , beans, beetroot, white turnips , onions, garlic, salad stuff, cabbage and fingers crossed carrots. We were using our own spuds from July 2016 to March 2017 and they're our main veg dont go much for that foreign pasta and rice stuff- mush-roasts- chips etc. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 A bit of everything. In the front garden strawberries, rasps, goosegogs, re and black currents plus sundry herbs. On allotment spuds, peas , beans, beetroot, white turnips , onions, garlic, salad stuff, cabbage and fingers crossed carrots. We were using our own spuds from July 2016 to March 2017 and they're our main veg dont go much for that foreign pasta and rice stuff- mush-roasts- chips etc. Blackpowder I've never had much luck with carrots. Always end up tiny... Story of my life 😟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Planted apple, pear, cherry and plum trees in a clearing in the wood so hoping for some fruit in the next few years. Also planted some herbs around the camping area. The chickens do the gardening at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I've never had much luck with carrots. Always end up tiny... Story of my life Dreaded carrot fly seem to chop mine but 40 acre field withing sight of allotments seems to thrive. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Dreaded carrot fly seem to chop mine but 40 acre field withing sight of allotments seems to thrive. Blackpowder You can get a carrot fly resistant variety now fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I'll bet that 40 acre field gets sprayed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Sowed broad beans on January 1st, and have had 100% germination. They are growing well - I love young home grown broad beans Two varieties from realseeds.co.uk 'Wizard' (with which I've had great success before) and 'Leidse' (trying for the first time). Got my 'Summer Crookneck' courgettes in pots on the windowsill and will plant out in frames this weekend. Lots of chard down a couple of weeks ago - with regular cropping that can still be going well after the first frost. My son really likes turnips, so I will try again with 'Petrowski' throughout the summer and see what comes good. Turnip tops are delicious, so if they don't form big roots, I'm not too fussed. One bit of success this year was getting one (out of ten) wisteria seeds to germinate from seed pods I harvested in the winter. Interested to see how that turns out. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Go on, I'll say it............grass and weed. Poa annua and Elymus repens mainly, with a bit of Agrostis capillaris and some Taraxacum officinale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Go on, I'll say it............grass and weed. Poa annua and Elymus repens mainly, with a bit of Agrostis capillaris and some Taraxacum officinale. I'm more of a dactylis glomerata man my self Edited April 14, 2017 by kennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 You can get a carrot fly resistant variety now fella. Must try them. Most certainly the field would be sprayed. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Pink blueberry, honeyberry, gojiberry, blueberry, blackcurrent, tayberry, loganberry, rasberry, pear, apple, cherry. Think thats it for now....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 I'm more of a dactylis glomerata man my self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 gave up on the veg when i also moved to my new build a couple of years ago, only thing now i grow are tropical plants (less hassle than veg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Having just moved into a new property the garden was the last project on the list. However I did manage to hack my way through some of the jungle and plant some potatoes, onions, spring onions, strawberries & rhubarb. So, what do you self sufficient gentlemen have on the go? Tired of all bloody cook programs on TV ..... Cook off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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