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Hi I only joined earlier this year but welcome back, wow a whole year internet-less did you have internet withdrawal symptoms? I would have. I love chatting to everyone on GOY and reading their stories.

How DID you survive a whole year without Internet service?? I'm new here since January, but welcome back!

hi all, i'm new here and i have just planted some moneymaker tom seeds a few days ago myself, never grown toms before, infact i'm a complete novice at gardening, i had to drain off excess water from my tom plants as i think i over watered them, they were on my kitchen windowsill, but i have decided to move them to the rontroom by the heater till they have dried up abit from the excess water.

Nice and bright LOL.

Sooooooooooooo pretty..............smiles

Mine are about this height too! Have some planted out and some indoors; the frost last Monday only nipped two, not bad...

I love this photo

hello happy!!!! We grow our tomatoes in the greenhouse but last year we had masses appear in the pig pen im assuming this was due to the fact the seeds are not digestible they were doing really well til they were washed away! we usually grow beans in a barrell but last year I build wigwams in the garden and again the weather ruined them!

mine are only just showing there 1st 2 leaves,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hi Happy

I have grown my runner, dwarf and French beans in containers for the last 3 years, two plats to each, and I have had masses. In fact, I still have a draw in my freezer, full of beans and plum tomatoes.

Most of my veg is grown in containers as I have such a rotten garden for growing anything. It will be explained on my blog when I get it going. It is in the process of being done, but these things take time.

All the best with your container growning. I love it

Ken

In addition to bedding, I start off almost all of my outdoor veggies in trays, cells or pots in the greenhouse now. This includes beetroot, cauliflower, beans (runner and broad), cabbage, sweetcorn, lettuce and other salad leaves, courgettes, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, sprouts, leek. Others, which include radish and chard, are sown and put in the cold frames. Doing so provides sturdier plants to plant out after the frosts, or in better weather, which can stand up better in the face of inclement weather, disease, or pests. I really believe that, wherever we are, we can no longer garden month-by-month, but have to learn to read the local climate and use our intuitive
senses.

our runner beans started very late last year but we had a good crop once they got going. I think it was due to the weather. Lindak.

Good look with your Toms Happy just imagine how much you will save this year if all goes well and they will taste soo much better than shop brought ones!Hel.xxx.

are these tom's? they look like them! - you got them going early! they look lovely and heathy! i sowed some last week -no sign of them as yet!

What a wonderful, and spaceous place to relax and unwind..! Nature at it's best.~

Dont worry. Its not too late to start planting.As Poppy mentions we can still have frosts in May. Ive noticed garden centres offering bedding plants and plants for hanging baskets for sale already. With the cold winds and possible frosts they would all die straight away if they were planted outside now. They have to stay indoors or in a heated greenhouse for some time yet.Once things warm up along with the soil it will be safe then to start planting. Ive put summer bulbs out and Dahias and lilies, but they are sheltered here in our garden and hopefully wont come to any harm.
Ive got masses of seeds growing indoors, but I can transfer them to bigger pots then gradually introduce them outdoors, but not for some time yet.
Best wishes,
Grenville.

Is this viaduct just for walkers or does a steam train run across it? LindaK

This looks very pretty is it a walk near you? Over the moors perhaps?

It is early for most things but I have planted early peas which are just showing, and garlic and shallots and plan to plant some things in the greenhouse ready to plant out when the ground warms. Also remember some things can be planted in autumn this year to give you an early start next spring eg broad beans, onions etc. If you plant some purple sprouting broccoli this spring it takes 10 months to mature but it fills the lean gap now when not much else is available, and I am still picking leeks which went in last spring too.

DON'T WORRY HAPPY! WE ARE ALL ANXIOUS TO GET GOING BUT THAT'S JUST TO SATISFY OUR GARDENING CRAVINGS; IN TRUTH, IT'S ACTUALLY STILL QUITE EARLY FOR MOST THINGS. REMEMBER WE CAN STILL GET FROSTS IN MAY!
SOME PERENNIALS & BARE ROOT PLANTS THAT I'VE HAD DELIVERED ALREADY HAVE BEEN POTTED ON & WILL GO IN THE GROUND WHEN THEY ARE A BIT MORE ESTABLISHED & THE GROUND WARMS UP A BIT. ALL MY SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS HAVE GONE IN POTS TOO & WILL BE PLANTED OUT WHEN THEY ARE LEAFY.
I HAVE DIVIDED & MOVED A FEW THINGS BUT REALLY IT IS A BIT EARLY FOR ANY YOUNG PLANTS.

SATISFY YOUR DESIRE BY PLANTING UP SOME TUBS WITH BULBS OR SOW SOME SEEDS IN TRAYS,JUST KEEP THEM OUT OF ANY HEAVY RAIN.THEN AT LEAST YOU WILL FEEL THAT YOU HAVE MADE A START.

I totally agree with Poppy, J Parkers are an excellent website and they usually give you free plants every time you order, I think there are dahlias or begonias as free gifts at the moment. Online ordering is pretty good if you find a good supplier, but there will be plenty of Kniphofia coming into garden centres, B&Q have got their summer perrenials in so check them out as well.

Search online for 'kniphofia nursery' and await the postman.

Saw some for sale on ebay last night.

www.jparkers.co.uk their new spring catalogue is packed with a fantastic range. they have 6 Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker) for £5.95.
worth sending for the catalogue to browse.

I use them quite often.

Ive seen them on sale at garden centres within the last few days,so you should be able to easily track them down.
Best wishes,
Grenville.

Well Hazel... You made me finally do it. Since joining GOY I have on several occasions read posts where members mention how much they paid for plants and I haven't had a clue as to what they were talking about. I went and found myself a currency converter site and now I can figure out how much it is in USA currency :) You got a great value indeed. Good Luck with your new plants.

Thank you! Shame we don't have a Netto anywhere near us. Though I have seen some fantastic offers in Morrisons supermarket. I bought clematic, honeysuckle and various perennials for between £1 and £1.80 each. They all seem to be doing very well a few weeks on. Its not somewhere I'd have thought of for buying plants but several people have told me their stuff does really well and is SOOOO cheap.

Lovely. Will look forward to seeing the results around salad time :o )