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Advice for a newcomer, please

littleflowerlittleflower Posts: 2
in Fruit & veg
Hello All,
New to the forum, new to gardening and growing, and wondering if I could please get some advice.
I have been successful in growing tomatoes and have some peppers and gherkins coming along nicely in my little greenhouse.
At this time of year, what can I plant next ? I know I could read the back of every seed packet in Wilkos to see when is best time to plant etc... but this is time consuming and there are hopefully lots of kind experts out there who can advise me. Any ideas gratefully received  :)
Thank you

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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Take a look at Sarah Raven's website - she usually has a list of seeds that can sown each month - flowers, herbs, salads and veg.

    Hope the following link works - if not just Google it:

    https://www.sarahraven.com




    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Hello littleflower, you can't beat that sense of achievement when you can PYO food can you? I am no expert and something of a 'suck it and see' gardener, others with more nouse will be along I'm sure.

     In the meantime, I am still succession sowing beetroot, lettuce, dwarf french beans (more in hope than expectation), peas (ditto), basil, parsley and chives.

    Some people start sowing winter salad about now, stuff like pak choi, mitsumi (not sure I got that right ) and rocket but I don't like any of these so don't bother.

    Best of luck whatever you go for  :)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You might find this useful - http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/index.htm

    It's a gardening year diary of what and when produced by a chap on another gardening forum.  He's in Yorkshire so you may need to adjust timings earlier or later depending on where you are.   The other thing to do is get a copy of Dr Hessayon's Vegetable book as it sows what to do and when with each crop so you can concentrate on what you like and have space for.

    If you're a complete gardening beginner, you could do worse than get a copy of Alan Titchmarsh's How to be a Gardener which explains how, where and why plants grow and then goes on to how to make your garden work for you.   You can follow it online too - http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/


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  • littleflowerlittleflower Posts: 2
    Thank you so much for your help. I shall enjoy following these links which also have links to other links (that's a lot of reading ! :o )and learning from your collective expertise.   :)
    I'm looking forward to that "sense of achievement" many times over .
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