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Winter Growing (as in veggies!!)
Posted: 28 August 2011 09:15 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Morning one and all….

Just digging most of this years spoils up now and as this is the first time ive had a garden big enough i was wondering what/if you grow through the colder months??  Someone suggested potato’s and onions but was hoping for some more variety….!  We dont have a greenhouse (yet!!) so would have to be pretty hardy stuff.  Also live in derbyshire and if last winter is anything to go by we’ll need it to survive -20 frosts!!!!!!

Any advice would be great smile

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Posted: 28 August 2011 10:05 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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I grow quite a lot through the Winter but I do live on the South coast and in a sheltered area so the temperatures are very different to what you have experience of. Maybe those who garden more northerly would advise better on your chances, but I’ll list what I grow over the winter.

I have Kales and Cavalo Nero growing and new seeds to sow still that will keep them producing right through to lat Spring when they’ll start to bolt and need replacing. Similarly I have Winter Greens/Cabbage type plants and Spring greens in too. I plant Broad Beans in the Autumn so they are up a few inches before the bad weather starts - they have come through the last couple of winters fine where we’ve had heavy snow for this area! Peas can be planted to over winter too - get a hardy variety specifically for Autumn planting.

I grow Chard and other Spinaches too that are hardier for the Winter months but these might not survive your frosts.
Winter lettuces - there are some really hardy varieties so they may be okay for some of the colder months, maybe protect them a bit when the really hard frosts come. Oriental greens are hardy and can be grown throughout the Winter.

I also grow broccoli raab - a kind of sprouting broccoli that is ready to pick after 40 days so this is excellent - sown now and through Autumn and then sow again once the really cold weather has ended.

Hope some of this helps or gives you ideas x

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Posted: 28 August 2011 06:47 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Thats really insoired me Dawn thank you - have just nipped onto ebay and bought the seeds. x

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Posted: 28 August 2011 07:17 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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lambs lettuce is fab - you can eat it throughout the winter

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Posted: 29 August 2011 07:17 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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We are in a new area now, so this will be our first Winter growing season.  It tends not to get many frosts, being a maritime climate, but, boy- the winds!!!  I have chard and kale which will hopefully grow on through the winter, and have sown salads, including lambs lettuce, prickly seeded spinach and broccoli raab.  I will also do broad beans and garlic.  xxx

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