What vegs can i start to grow from seeds now. i live in northern ireland and growing them outside. ?

Question

i'm i too late also how to grow them ideas for irish growers, herbs parsely, sage, etc also carrots parnips, tomatoes anything really how do i go about starting it all. i have land and have all my fruit trees but want to start vegs thanks

Answer 1

I've got fruit trees too and decided I wanted to grow m own vegetables. Its a bit too late for veg planting for this year although Kale would probably be OK to plant outside, I planted some a week or 2 ago (I'm down in Cork).

You need to mulch/manure the ground weeks/months before planting for best results. I would buy/borrow a good book on vegetable growing as there are lots of things you need to know.

I had a raised vegetable bed for the first time this year and found that the best veg to grow are new potatoes (spray for blight), broad beans, swede, carrots, leeks (not picked yet but look fab), raddish, pak choi, spring onions, lettuce and cabbage. Courgettes in grow bags were ok but not as good as previous years as its wet and the flowers rot. I grow my tomatoes in pots outdoors, this year they were c**p but they need sun to ripen.

Cabbage white butterflies lay on any brassicas and the caterpillars decimated our cabbage. Don't want to spray but might have to next year.

You can grow herbs in pots on the windowsill for winter use and again in spring in an outside trough. Parsley, sage, coriander, mint and dill are easy to grow.  

Answer 2

How about turnips? I've never grown fall vegetables before (in central US) but I'm going to try aragula, if I can find seed. Not even sure I"m spelling it right. A lot of people do not like turnips, but they're not all tha bad if cooked half-and-half with potatoes, and mashed, served with butter or cheese. Tomatoes don't like cold weather. Good luck. I visited North Ireland in 1998, would love to do it again.