gardening question

^ yup, what Crisp says.

peter - sound advice, but make sure you keep the cardboard pots moist, they have a habit of drying out very quickly, especially indoors or in the greenhouse. Fresh herbs are amazing and you won't believe how much better than even the "fresh" ones from the supermarket.
What are you growing?   I'd strongly recommend tarragon, although I now buy plugs of this rather than seed.   Good luck.

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Most coincidences happen at the same time

In the Midlands we have frosts up to the first week in May.

I'd be very careful of anything I plant out before then.

My kitchen and sitting room windows are south facing.

planted my Sweet Babies & Gardner's Delights (tomatas) circa 6 week's ago and planted courgette seeds into the "cardboard pots" three week's ago.

They're all coming on a beauty!

I'll give the weather (up here, anyway) another three weeks afore I put 'em oot in a greenhouse.

nice southfacing location ,plenty john innis number 2 ,jobs a good un ,dont overwater ,keep the rabbits out

I've actually got back into it this year. For those that don't know my story, I joined the council waiting list for an allotment and told there was a 10 year waiting list - that was 10 years ago and the current situation is... a 10 year wait. I think the problem stems from people keeping their allotments in the family and the popularity of growing.

I rented a private allotment for a couple of years, it was pretty expensive but it was the 10 mile round trip that wore me down so I eventually gave it up. It was also too big for me (20m x 5m).

I've been growing some small stuff out my back in recent years but I have no space so I noticed a local Church trying to grow things in pots and approached them about getting some raise beds in. The minister wants the place to be used by the community and they've agreed and we've 3 raised beds started. It will take a lot of work (and money) but I reckon I could get around 18 raised beds in total. I know I could grow what I want out of 4 (or less) and share the produce with the community.

Bit hypocritical as I'm an Atheist but it a community project and I'm happy to work with that in mind.

^^^^composter will come in handy for that mess

All this tark of frost is getting on me thrupnies  ,ffs their are a load of ways of protecting from frost ,weather forcasts for frost are  exellent now ,dont need to wait and lose 2 months of the growing season in this day and age .

If you want blood?

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he is MD

Backseat Confidential ...

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imo

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Nice one Ovalman

I did something similar last year at the local community centre which had acquired some scrub land which had become very overgrown

Try getting some publicity in your local paper and get local organisations and schools involved.

I was deluged with help and materials, wood for raised beds, compost, plants, spare seeds etc

If you need some money, write to your district councillor and ask for a grant from his "Enabling Fund" -they are meant to spend money on stuff like this in their local communities

Thanks for the kind words and useful suggestions. There are a couple of community gardens around the area (I mentioned before I was thinking of joining one) but I didn't feel welcome at them. When I seen the Church trying to grow in pots I thought about the raised beds. Yes money is an issue so I'll bring up the suggestions. I don't want to rush things, when I had my own allotment (not even a full size for an allotment), it was a lot of hard work. The last thing I want is spending hours every night breaking my back to get it going. I want to take things at my own leisure.

I know I can grow things like Kale that can be cut and come again that is easily shared whereas a cabbage grows a lot slower would only do 1 or 2 people. Spinach, Chard, Peas, Mange Tout, Beans, beetroot ect. are all quick growers and large croppers. I've spuds in bags started, I've 6 bags already but I plan to add a lot more. Tomatoes are very productive but we've no greenhouse and it's a bit chilly atm. I may try them outdoors in a couple of weeks time. Other than that if I can get the 3 beds up and running for now it would be a good start. Each bed costs around £50 for wood and soil.

I'm going to sort out their compost heap this weekend. They've been chucking everything into it including stones and rubbish. We need an outside tap, I've been bringing a large bucket of water around each night and watering from that but as things grow and the weather gets hotter it simply won't do. This has all developed in the past 4 weeks BTW.

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