Space Chick Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Our Broad Bean bed has now finished, and we are eager to usefully use the spot to grow something else. The question is what. OH doesn't want to do Onions and is also reluctant about Spinach as the girls frequently break in to this plot. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I asked the very same question recently Debs: Here is Koojie's reply "You can sow chard now, still time for last lot of peas and french beans. Carrots, all sorts of lettucey things. Spinach grows quickly. You can do mini turnips or mini beetroots - they will take about 6 weeks, some mini beets can be left to grow into big beets - but check the package first otherwise they could get woody. Or normal beets. You can do green manure in the soil that you aren't ready for - phacelia is good for bees too when it flowers. You can have a bash at winter onions from seed (not sure when they start off) or later towards autumn you can pop in winter onion sets. Still lots of time for lots of things. Cabbages, swedes too" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Fab thanks Em (and thanks Koojie too ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Its like great minds think a like!!! I have just got some land through landshare and I am super eager to get some crops going for the winter. Will be taking a seed shopping trip tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Ooh my ears were burning. Happy sowing folks. By the way, my broad beans finished ages ago so I replanted with my dad's French beans. They haven't really performed so it was probably the wrong thing to plant there, but they are greening up again and flowering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I've just put in purple sprouting broccoli I just lurve PSB I just wish somebody could invent a cultivar that stays purple when you cook it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I agree, it would be nice to have the same difference in colours of my French beans when served up rather than all green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Ooh, probably a bit late now but Pumpkins If you can't have the big things try Jack be little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Five days ago I put in my Christmas new potatoes and they are through and earthed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 oh glad I found this as was going to post asking the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
