Well we are starting our home growing this year - 1st time we have tried. We have built 2 raised beds, about 2.8m x 1m, Ive been carting earth into them all week from some piles the other half made last year when putting down bases for his sheds, and we should be collecting some horse manure this weekend. So hopefully it will be sunny for lots of digging in.
My daughter and I have spent today planting some seeds in windowsill propagators - tomatoes, cauliflower, peppers, squash, salad leaves and sunflowers (for her playhouse garden - not eating). Ive got growbags ready to move the toms in when its warmer, pots for the peppers, and my plan is to put carrots, parsnips, peas, beans, garlic, sprouts and shallots along with more the cauli and squash into the raised beds. Ive also got lots of room in the beds that is south facing but under trees where I thought I could try out potatoes - we planted some that had gone to seed by accident last year and got loads in return. Can cucumbers grow in pots in this country - I dont want to go spending money on greenhouses unless we get into this properly.
I have been reading up on growing beds for months, and decided that this year we may as well just try out a bit of everything and see how we get on - maybe a bit more experience will help us be more practical next year. There is only so much we can learn from reading!
But any advice or suggestions for easy grow veg is of course welcome please - Im sure I will be doing something wrong - but right now I just want to get started with the planting - darn this long cold start to the year, Im ready and waiting to grow things!