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[Campo Girl]

Hola Alec

I thought I would reply to your message in the fruit and veg section so we can continue to chat about growing fruit and vegetables in the right place.

How lucky you are to have a local farmer come and give you tips, I would love that! I hope you plan on sharing your good fortune and teach us here

I have just sowed some carrot seeds and it is the first time I have tried to grow carrots, so I am hoping I will have some success, we will see - I need some tips on how to grow carrots if you have any?

I also need to buy a book on growing fruits and vegetables as I only have an encyclopedia of plants and shrubs with a small section on fruits and veg and ideally I would like to grow more foods I can eat than flowers.

I have good Cayenne and Tomatoes growing along with blackberries, raspberries and chilli peppers, I have taken the seeds from inside a red pepper and I plan on getting them in the ground some time this week also.

Thanks for the tips so far, great stuff

Campo Girl

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We've had a bit of a breakthrough here as the local farmer visited us, together with his wife and two boys. They were really, really nice, gave me lots of tips on pruning fruit and promised to bring some seed potatoes. In return I gave him seeds of Gardener's Delight tomatoes so maybe Spain will be converted?Huh  We'll probably see a lot of him as his wife will be cleaning for us one morning each week.

The really good thing about this is that he is telling us what he sows/plants, and when. Salad potatoes go in NOW! with maincrop soon to follow. As for lettuces, make sure you have the right variety at the right time - buying plugs from a local nursery is good advice as they can be reeloied upon to offer the most suitable type. I am currently sowing the slightly reddish winter variety, also Escarola "Angel's Hair" which worked even better than lettuce for us last year and even survived the frosts at our other house high in the mountains near Colmenar.