I tried my first autumnal sowings, nothing extravagant! just some garlic and onions, oh and replanted my elephant garlic from last year as they all made large bulbs size of a golf ball, so I'm trying the replant and let them have another season idea! I'm in Birmingham using raised beds, planted everything about early/mid Nov, everything shooting, mind you, had to go and replant half of the onion sets becuse they had pushed proud of the soil. Beds are all netted with 15" height, (I have two cats and we have loads of foxes) so couldn't have been the birds. I was glad I did replant the onions because it was about a week before we had the heavy frosts then snow! My spring bulbs seem to be trundling into life, maybe there is hope on the horizon.
My garlic did the same.It was started in October and still nothing showing at the end of January, some of the cloves had gone soft so against all good gardening advise and not to miss the frost I bought three cracking bulbs from a local fruit and veg shop, said they were grown locally, and the bulbs, whole, were started off in vases of water. In no time at all the roots were romping away. There are about 30 to 40 cloves now in the GH with shoots. Must be the only person in the country hoping for a frosty spell so the developing bulbs will split.
Gave up on broad beans. Never been able to get them through a winter. Much prefer french/runner beans.
I planted winter veg for the first time as my raised beds are in the front garden and couldn't leave them empty! Didn't get round to covering them before first frost and they seemed to cope. Broad beans, lettuce (various) spring onions, kale, cabbage and others have survived but not grown much. Lost a few Calabrese and the remaining ones look weak. Can I expect to harvest anything to make room for new plants in April/May? I am new to veg growing
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I tried my first autumnal sowings, nothing extravagant! just some garlic and onions, oh and replanted my elephant garlic from last year as they all made large bulbs size of a golf ball, so I'm trying the replant and let them have another season idea! I'm in Birmingham using raised beds, planted everything about early/mid Nov, everything shooting, mind you, had to go and replant half of the onion sets becuse they had pushed proud of the soil. Beds are all netted with 15" height, (I have two cats and we have loads of foxes) so couldn't have been the birds. I was glad I did replant the onions because it was about a week before we had the heavy frosts then snow! My spring bulbs seem to be trundling into life, maybe there is hope on the horizon.
My garlic did the same.It was started in October and still nothing showing at the end of January, some of the cloves had gone soft
so against all good gardening advise and not to miss the frost I bought three cracking bulbs from a local fruit and veg shop, said they were grown locally, and the bulbs, whole, were started off in vases of water. In no time at all the roots were romping away. There are about 30 to 40 cloves now in the GH with shoots. Must be the only person in the country hoping for a frosty spell so the developing bulbs will split.
Gave up on broad beans. Never been able to get them through a winter. Much prefer french/runner beans.
I planted winter veg for the first time as my raised beds are in the front garden and couldn't leave them empty! Didn't get round to covering them before first frost and they seemed to cope. Broad beans, lettuce (various) spring onions, kale, cabbage and others have survived but not grown much. Lost a few Calabrese and the remaining ones look weak. Can I expect to harvest anything to make room for new plants in April/May? I am new to veg growing
The only things I have overwintered are leeks and garlic. Garlic is just beginning to show through.