Comments for Veggie Growing http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11 Just another Vegblogs weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 08:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on RAIN MAKES THINGS GREEN! HOW HAS IT BEEN AFFECTING ALL OF YOU AND YOUR VEGGIES? by VeganVeg http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/05/16/rain-makes-things-green-how-has-it-been-affecting-all-of-you-and-your-veggies/comment-page-1/#comment-50 VeganVeg Thu, 17 May 2012 08:55:58 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=362#comment-50 Oh that is such a nuisance. Have you spoken to other plot holders to see what the general drainage is like? Maybe you need to improve the soil constituents next year to drain better? I do hope you do not lose too much veg because of this. I also hope others with allotments can give you some good advice. Thinking good thoughts for you. :-) Oh that is such a nuisance. Have you spoken to other plot holders to see what the general drainage is like? Maybe you need to improve the soil constituents next year to drain better? I do hope you do not lose too much veg because of this. I also hope others with allotments can give you some good advice. Thinking good thoughts for you. :-)

]]> Comment on RAIN MAKES THINGS GREEN! HOW HAS IT BEEN AFFECTING ALL OF YOU AND YOUR VEGGIES? by cathplot3 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/05/16/rain-makes-things-green-how-has-it-been-affecting-all-of-you-and-your-veggies/comment-page-1/#comment-49 cathplot3 Thu, 17 May 2012 08:34:19 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=362#comment-49 Hi I think the rain is good for the veggies but we have had so much they are getting battered. I an new to allotments and part of my plot seems to be flooded all the time after all the rain. I am trying to come up with Ideas to sort this problem out Hi I think the rain is good for the veggies but we have had so much they are getting battered. I an new to allotments and part of my plot seems to be flooded all the time after all the rain. I am trying to come up with Ideas to sort this problem out

]]> Comment on ASPARAGUS by VeganVeg http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/04/30/asparagus/comment-page-1/#comment-47 VeganVeg Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:50:12 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=356#comment-47 Sounds great, thanks very much for the advice. Glad to meet fellow Vegans! I have a Veggie/Vegan FB page to share recipes and advice/info - if you are on FB would you be interested to join the page? I set it up to help veggies and vegans and to share info. Also it is to encourage those wishing to consider embarking on a veggie or vegan lifestyle. Can share gardening tips for vegetables on there too. Thanks again for your help and advice and lovely to meet you! :-) Sounds great, thanks very much for the advice. Glad to meet fellow Vegans! I have a Veggie/Vegan FB page to share recipes and advice/info – if you are on FB would you be interested to join the page? I set it up to help veggies and vegans and to share info. Also it is to encourage those wishing to consider embarking on a veggie or vegan lifestyle. Can share gardening tips for vegetables on there too.
Thanks again for your help and advice and lovely to meet you! :-)

]]> Comment on ASPARAGUS by livingofftheland http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/04/30/asparagus/comment-page-1/#comment-46 livingofftheland Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:45:23 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=356#comment-46 Good to read a vegan recipe - we're vegans. Asparagus crowns should be planted during April. You can order them online and they should turn up at the right time for planting. Prepare the bed in Autumn, like this http://vegblogs.co.uk/livingofftheland/2011/11/29/asparagus-bed-free-cabbages/ Get at least ten crowns. You're right, they don't crop in the first year but once you've got them, they should keep going for years and years. Good to read a vegan recipe – we’re vegans.

Asparagus crowns should be planted during April. You can order them online and they should turn up at the right time for planting. Prepare the bed in Autumn, like this http://vegblogs.co.uk/livingofftheland/2011/11/29/asparagus-bed-free-cabbages/ Get at least ten crowns.

You’re right, they don’t crop in the first year but once you’ve got them, they should keep going for years and years.

]]> Comment on New Potatoes by elabar http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/04/26/new-potatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-45 elabar Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:21:02 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=347#comment-45 I've got three bags of potatoes growing well in the cold greenhouse.. the tops are already out of the bag.If you look at my blog "Green things" there is a photo of them there. Good luck with yours:) I’ve got three bags of potatoes growing well in the cold greenhouse.. the tops are already out of the bag.If you look at my blog “Green things” there is a photo of them there. Good luck with yours:)

]]> Comment on HAPPY SEED SOWING! by VeganVeg http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/03/27/happy-seed-sowing/comment-page-1/#comment-44 VeganVeg Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:01:02 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=294#comment-44 Oh that sounds an excellent idea. I think for belt and braces I will do that with some more seeds and then plant them too - not only will it hopefully ensure some of them germinate but it will act as a check for which method works better and I am guessing it will be yours - or maybe combine the two, soak the seeds in the thermos of warm water and then give them a plastic perforated hat too! Thanks so much for the kind and helpful top - much appreciated! Happy growing. Please feel free to share again - always happy to hear from you! :-) Oh that sounds an excellent idea. I think for belt and braces I will do that with some more seeds and then plant them too – not only will it hopefully ensure some of them germinate but it will act as a check for which method works better and I am guessing it will be yours – or maybe combine the two, soak the seeds in the thermos of warm water and then give them a plastic perforated hat too! Thanks so much for the kind and helpful top – much appreciated! Happy growing. Please feel free to share again – always happy to hear from you! :-)

]]> Comment on HAPPY SEED SOWING! by allotmentbee http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/03/27/happy-seed-sowing/comment-page-1/#comment-43 allotmentbee Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:49:25 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=294#comment-43 I often find that if you put chilli seeds in a Thermos of warm water overnight at 45C and then sow them you get much higher germination rates. If you have different types of chilli seeds you can wrap each type up in a muslin bag and tie it with different coloured cotton. I often find that if you put chilli seeds in a Thermos of warm water overnight at 45C and then sow them you get much higher germination rates. If you have different types of chilli seeds you can wrap each type up in a muslin bag and tie it with different coloured cotton.

]]> Comment on SHALLOTS, MANGETOUT, HERBS, RHUBARB, COURGETTES & TOMATOES & CHARD & FENNEL by VeganVeg http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2011/06/30/shallots-mangetout-herbs-rhubarb-courgettes-tomatoes-chard-fennel/comment-page-1/#comment-42 VeganVeg Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:41:39 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=149#comment-42 Veggie growing is such fun and so nice to see what other folk say and to get tips and ideas. Veggie growing is such fun and so nice to see what other folk say and to get tips and ideas.

]]> Comment on LETTUCE by VeganVeg http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/02/01/lettuce/comment-page-1/#comment-41 VeganVeg Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:41:06 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=233#comment-41 So nice when a few things survive for the new season. Always great news! :-) So nice when a few things survive for the new season. Always great news! :-)

]]> Comment on LETTUCE by rosalinsvegblog http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/2012/02/01/lettuce/comment-page-1/#comment-39 rosalinsvegblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:13:55 +0000 http://vegblogs.co.uk/rbveg11/?p=233#comment-39 Yes my lettuce has made it through (so far) too! My autumn sowings for winter in the cold greenhouse got mysteriously eaten as did the sowings in the cold frame,. But the last of the summer sowings are still going strong in the frame. They are good to eat, though a little more bitter than the summer grown ones and lovely to go with watercress, land cress and herbs which have also survived. Last year mind you we had coriander ALL winter despite the snow! Yes my lettuce has made it through (so far) too! My autumn sowings for winter in the cold greenhouse got mysteriously eaten as did the sowings in the cold frame,. But the last of the summer sowings are still going strong in the frame. They are good to eat, though a little more bitter than the summer grown ones and lovely to go with watercress, land cress and herbs which have also survived. Last year mind you we had coriander ALL winter despite the snow!

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