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New to growing my own veggies

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  Posted by erin (U14829732) on Friday, 1st April 2011

  Hi please can you give me an idea of what vegetables etc are best to start out growing as a first timer. It's going to be a small patch in my back garden. Gets the sun for a few hours a day, mainly afternoon. The soil seems quite moist and easy to dig up when I did it this afternoon. Any ideas gratefully received

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  Posted by PanyK (U14783790) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011

  I think if you want success in your first year to grow easy things. Try radish, salad leaves, potatoes etc. Then you could go on to courgettes and tomatoes too. I've grown them successfully outside. Strawberries are another good one although make sure they don't take over! I've done them all in my tiny garden.
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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011

  Sounds like you've got limited sun so that would make life difficult for tomatoes. They need at least six hours a day to do their best. Cukes need as much sun as they can get too. You wouldn't have room for spuds unless you went with grow bags. I'd go with the suggestion - salad stuff, radishes, easy to grow things for starters.

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  Posted by Oldends (U13875463) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011

  A lot depends on what you call 'small'. If you find a space 4' x 8' then try and beg or borrow a copy of this month's Which? Gardening. In there, and the next few months, there are some good ideas for using that sort of the space to the full.

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  Posted by Mal (U14487361) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011

  I started growing stuff last year. Potatoes are probably the easiest, just put them deep in the ground and forget about them until autumn. Things like beetroot and parsnips are easy too. Fruit bushes too, like redcurrants, they take a while to develop berries but are easy to look after.

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  Posted by Mal (U14487361) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011

  In my previous reply, I said parsnips - wasn't thinking right, I meant radishes. Parsnips are one of the more difficult ones, so don't try those. Oops!

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  Posted by Vixxihibiscus (U13865184) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011

  Peas? Mange Touts or regular. Spring onions and definitely a courgette!

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  Posted by Max72 (U14585817) on Monday, 4th April 2011

  Last year was my first year. I tried a bit of everything, but the crop I found easiest and most rewarding were french beans. Take a dwarf variety, so you need not bother with canes, and they won't take too much space. If you sow a few plants every few weeks, you'll get lots of really tasty beans all summer and with some protection until early autumn.

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  Posted by LoveTalking (U14831274) on Monday, 4th April 2011

  If you haven't got a lot of space you could grow 'upwards'!
  
  I've not long been growing veg and I do get a bit bored and impatient, even though I love to see everything and have the end product! I haven't got a very big veggie patch either!
  
  The things I find easiest are: peas, runner beans, dwarf beans, beetroot, salad leaves........potatoes in sacks are easy and containable. Carrots (in different colourse, of course!) can be grown in a bucket, which is much easier as new compost hasn't got all the lumps in it that'll stunt their growth or give them 'legs'(!), and getting all the lumps out of the garden soil is not worth the hassle unless you're retired or unemployed and have all the time in the world! Herbs can be kept in a small patch and look lovely. Tomatoes are good, as long as you put them in your sunny afternoon area.
  
  Soft fruits are a nightmare, in my experience, but I'm a lazy gardener so that could explain!
  
  Hope this helps!

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  Posted by blackeyedsusan (U2456655) on Tuesday, 5th April 2011

  Further to message 8, I found climbing French beans were wonderful last year - I grew them on a trellis 7' high, and only had two plants, but had a good supply of beans every day for months, and they were delicious, and not bothered by any pests at all. So long as you keep picking regulalry, they keep producing.

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  Posted by Sarcass (U14832525) on Tuesday, 5th April 2011

  I am trying hanging toms this year as although I have a large garden I am somewhat lazy. Maybe an idea for you if you have limited space hanging baskets can obviously positioned more in the sun as best you can and still leave ground room for other things. I also grow carrots etc in buckets which I get from Morrisons - they sell off their flower buckets locally here 8 for £1 just need to drill holes in bottom but are ideal height etc for carrots or parsnips or single tom or small bush variety of fence beans and cheaper than garden centre pots.
  

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