molloyjh wrote: » How many carrots are you looking at getting out of a grow bag?
Deleted User wrote: » We grow all year around - have a few herb / veg beds in the garden and then from Feb / March to October we have all the indoor window sills full of trays. The easiest herb to grow in my opinion is basil. Indoors or out it requires little care, doesn't need great light and is harvest-able from 3-4 weeks after seed (albeit you get vastly more if you leave it grow). After that the herbs I'd recommend would be oregano, thyme and rosemary. These will continue to produce during the winter albeit their growth will slow. Bay leaf is another good one for year around growth and it can be left out doors. Sage and Tarragon are easy to grow and can be planted now. Spinach, rocket, chive will all grow well if planted now. Try and put more acidic herbs like thyme and rosemary around the leafier ones as they act as a natural barricade to slugs / snails. Corriander is a little harder to grow - it needs good quality direct light and it needs to get most of the days worth or it will bolt. We have potatoes and carrots in grow sacks at the moment and have given them their final top off. Would expect to be pulling them early mid august. I also have a chilli pepper plant I grew last year and kept alive during the winter. It's really thriving again now so will have fresh chilli's for the summer. We've most of the above well into their growing so all the meals I'm making are flavored primarily from the garden.
OldRio wrote: » Carrots take space and require planting the seeds straight into the ground. In other words they don't like being transplanted. They also require thinning. Grow bags will work for tomatoes and cucumbers at a push. But only grow the outdoor variety. They will also require feed. Liquid seaweed is good.
molloyjh wrote: » What's the yield like from carrots? Looking into doing some planting if I can. Got a Click And Grow for herbs at the start of the year so looking at veg in the garden. Dont have a huge amount of space, but could prob get a couple of those cold frames and maybe the grow bags. No idea how much use the latter are though.
ionadnapokot wrote: » Onions perfect for this time of year
OldRio wrote: » Quick green vegs would be Spinach, Chard Kale Rocket and Lettuce. Some varieties of Peas grow to maturity pretty fast. Carrots are fairly easy. Grow what you enjoy to eat.
Former Former wrote: » Apparently courgettes are easy to grow and give you a good yield from a small patch of ground or a pot
Synode wrote: » We were talking about growing a few bits in the garden we're renting in. Any recommendations on what to grow for complete beginners?
Former Former wrote: » Yeah, we produce enough food to feed the entire country twice over. The problem is that we produce way too much of certain foods (eg beef and dairy) and none of many others. As long as import and export holds up, this is fine, but if international trade seizes up, we could be looking at a lot more beef and potatoes and a lot less avocado toast and mango smoothies.
Podge_irl wrote: » I think, to be more precise, we produce enough food, its just not the food we are necessarily used to subsisting on. Mind you, I may have to survive on gruyere cheese for the foreseeable.
Squidgy Black wrote: » Being food secure doesn't mean you produce enough food, it means you have ample supplies of food, that's quality and safe, as well as affordable. We still rely on fairly large amounts of imports, particularly for fruit and veg. There was a report done a few years ago that over half the consumer spend on food products was imported goods, to the tune of €8 billion.
Interested Observer wrote: » Well apparently we're one of the most food secure nations on earth so I reckon we probably could feed ourselves, but the whole electricity situation wouldn't be great.
Squidgy Black wrote: » Anyone see the absolute shíte McGregor's been tweeting? He had a go at Stenaline as if it was their fault the borders weren't closed, and that we should only be allowing deliveries of medical supplies and nothing else, that we can survive off Irish grown produce and other supplies. It's mad how some people's coke fuelled rants have such a reach and gain support of so many.
swiwi_ wrote: » They are likely to open the borders with nz imo. Both countries should be coronavirus free in a not too distant future. Population density is low in both countries, I don’t think you can compare to Europe really.
Buer wrote: » I was speaking with family in Australia earlier. I've been following their numbers which are impressively low and asked how they're achieving these. The Aussies don't mess about when it comes to these things. They went very hard after contact tracing and testing from the off which pinpointed the spreaders and locked them down as quickly and aggressively as possible. All borders are now closed not just internationally but interstate. Most highways have checkpoints set up throughout the day turning back anyone who does not reside in the location. Only returning citizens are now allowed enter the country. After they do, they're brought from their flight on a bus to a hotel where they're locked down with the army patrolling the hotel to ensure no exceptions. The hospitals have all necessary PPE which makes Europe look completely ill prepared. Every doctor and nuse has gown, face mask, face shield, gloves etc. without exception and very few cases have occurred relative to European countries. In Ireland, 2,312 healthcare workers have been infected. In Victoria (which has a larger population than Ireland), there have been 162. I believe Australia has performed several simulations and training excercises in recent years and had an entire documented plan ready to be enacted. The plan was reviewed and updated as recently as late last year. Apparently they're not planning on opening their borders any time soon with government officials advising they expect it to be late 2020 or even 2021 when they do so. They're already on top of this but it appears they have little faith in the approaches of some other nations which have huge visitor numbers to Australia and will surely reintroduce another wave of infection if they did so. Interesting to hear it and read up on it thereafter. Obviously exisiting relatively removed from most countries geographically hasn't hurt them but it's incredible to see a nation of 25 million people have only 61 deaths at this point.
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