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Growing Your Own

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Lettuce is easy if well protected. Closh around the edges of the bed to stop slugs getting at it :)
 
hehehe, I hate slugs but don't really mind snails! I once kept one as a pet but unfortunatly it passed away last year :( I kept it for around 2 1/2 years :D It was very tiny
 
I love snails! We've had pet giant African land snails too, they are ace!
 
WOW! I have one tiny pot of parsley that just sprouted and a strawberry plant :( but next year I'm going to grow some lettuce and some other things as I have now learned how expensive piggies are to feed. Now I just need to find someone's hay field to raid hahahaha.

My dad has a big garden but it's an hour drive, he brings me stuff sometimes. But what it would cost me in gas there and back I might as well just go to the store.
 
KittyandNancy said:
WOW! I have one tiny pot of parsley that just sprouted and a strawberry plant :( but next year I'm going to grow some lettuce and some other things as I have now learned how expensive piggies are to feed. Now I just need to find someone's hay field to raid hahahaha.

My dad has a big garden but it's an hour drive, he brings me stuff sometimes. But what it would cost me in gas there and back I might as well just go to the store.
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Yes they are expensive! I ran out of hay yesterday got some more for $8 and turns out it's moldy! I spent all my money on it! I'm also going to grow some lettuce! :D
 
Well I would try to return it and get your money back. They HAVE to have hay all the time. Can you go out and get any grass that doesn't have any chemicals on it?
 
Erm, lettuce, carrots, taters, tomatoes, peppers, chilli's, all my fruit and berry trees. Not decided on the rest yet. Oh, pumpkins and corn on the cob too. But will have space for more, will have to see.
 
We've got some cabbages, leeks and onions in. Going to plant some parsley this year I think. Not sure what else yet.
 
Well it's a good job I put them in tubs because we're removing the garden to start from scratch eeks! Although OH has said he'll build me a veggie planter. It looks like my chard is starting to re grow already again as well.

I'd like to grow peppers (and get more than just one tiny one this year lol) and tomatoes as I put them out too late last year and they didn't ripen
 
Strawberry's are thankfully really easy Katie, but a for slugs. It's best to grow them in handing baskets or tall pots, and watch out for birds eating the too lol. Mix leaf lettuce of easy too, just sew the seeds and it does the work itself :)
 
Thanks Ruth, was planning on doing them in hanging baskets so that's good :) do I need to plant them in seed trays first or can I plant the seeds straight in the baskets? Sorry if that's a silly question haha!
 
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