Does anyone grow their own?

[Fon]

With it being warmer than normal I about to start this years seeds. 

 

Im fed up with carrots, pots, and peppers as they take ages. 

 

Im starting this year with the usual lettuce, rocket, basil, cucumbers and tomatoes, 

 

What else is a quick reward rather than waiting until august for something to ripen?

 

Fon

[bob6600]

FFS for a minute I thought you broke your own rules

[Whoswho]

I expected something else here lol,a m8 of mine grows grapes but your waiting to ripen.

I have grown pumpkin and strawberry never tried the veg really.

[Clownfish]

I grow strawberries.

Well they actually escaped the pot one year and now kinda do it all by themselves

[mitchb]

Did grow tomatoes a few years back and they were fantastic.

 

Tried last year and they didn't come to anything, though was possibly late seeding.

 

Will try tomatoes again this year and probably seed soon.

[Vixen]

I grow strawberries, cucumber, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, chilies, sprouts, tried cabbage but they were eaten. This will be the third year for me but, I must admit that your own taste better than any you can buy. Last year I did my own hanging baskets as well. and was really proud of them. Its the satisfaction I think of tasting and looking at them and knowing that you have done that, Plus its cheaper than buying from shops.

[Mr_Spark]

This year our greenhouse will be full of tomatoes; peppers and chilli's

 

Like Vixen we enjoy making our own hanging baskets; great to see them flourish from just small plants..

 

S

[Hippie]

I grow my on herbs n salady things.

The soft stem herbs and salad leaves are quick but they're not very hardy.

Things like chives, spring onions and radishes take a bit longer but they are that bit hardier to the elements.

 

You can wake up soft fruit plants early by bringing them in from the cold but you'll have to help them do the wild thang if you bring them into flower before the bees have woken from their slumber. With a bit of planning you can stagger their development to spread out the harvest so the fruit doest all arrive at once too but be careful as some plants like strawberries for example actually fruit better after a frosty wintering.

[Vixen]

I was thinking of getting miniature apple trees but not sure what kind anyone any ideals?

[Boycie]

Why not plant some garlic if you want an early crop of something, Should be ok to still put some in as the should be planted late autumn or early winter but it's not to late give it a go

 

Here's a good list of early veg tat can still be planted http://www.thompson-morgan.com/top-10-winter-vegetables

[Hippie]

I think apple trees need planting in the vicinity of at least one other apple tree for pollination and thus fruit.

They don't have to be the same variety tho so you can have say a russet and a braeburn tree (my favourites) for eample pollinating each other.

[Crashuk]

Last year was Runner beans, very easy to grow.  Pointed Peppers done well but tomato's failed. They were the big beef tomato, Russian variety. Also strawberries, dwarf cherry tree  the birds got. GITS!.

We did have a Rouge cherry tomato plant come up next to a shrub we planted, must of come from the compost we dug in. They were

awesome.