New Veg Patch???

[kruby01 114]

I've decided on garlic and broad beans, does anyone know of any early potatoes?

[just jack 998]

send of for a few catalogues like this link as this is what i did, not buy from them but just for an idea or 2

http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/first-early-seed-potatoes-cid403.html

[jjbull 38]

purple sprouting broccoli

[forest of dean redneck 11,844]

I would have dug the nettles out ,as the roots will be still underground for next year.

[Tiercel 6,986]

  On 25/08/2013 at 22:48, kruby01 said:

I've decided on garlic and broad beans, does anyone know of any early potatoes?

The usual way of planting overwinter beans is to make a mound like as if your earthing up potatoes and plant the beans on the mound. It stops the roots from rotting if we have a wet winter and dont be tempted to plant them too early.

 

When the beans have finished dont pull the roots out of the ground leave them in to rot as the roots contain nodes that help fix nitrogen in the soil. Try and make sure that the garlic has good drainage in the soil too, otherwise they rot in wet winters.

 

As has been said, get some seed catalouges D T Browns, Marshalls they will all give you ideas.

 

TC

Edited September 2, 2013 by tiercel