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BBC’s Dig In – Grow Your Own Vegetables in Containers

Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by Tracey in My Veg Plot, News

This year in my garden I’m trying to squeeze in vegetables where-ever I can and as we are concentrating on painting and cleaning up our decking area, this is a ripe sunny area which is going to be great for large pots and planters.

As soon as the BBC’s Dig In Campaign popped up on Gardeners World this year, I was there on their website applying for my free seeds (as last year I missed out) and this year I was lucky enough to have the seed envelope land on my doormat.

BBC Dig In Campaign Seeds

This year the vegetable varieties are:

• French Bean – Blue Lake,
• Courgette – Black Beauty,
• Carrot – Red Chantenay Red,
• Salad – Mixed Leaves,
• Basil – Sweet Genovese.

The envelope contains 5 vegetable and herb seed packets, a small leaflet on how to grow your own grub and a sticket sheet.

I think these herb and vegetables are perfect for growing in containers, so that exactly how I’m going to grow them on my sunny deck.

Growing Courgettes
I’m particularly excited about the Courgette – Black Beauty as I nearly bought this variety last year to put in my pots and I’ve also never tasted home grown courgettes.

I’ll be re-visiting my Dig In Vegetables and their progress through out the Summer. Hopefully I’ll be trying to find some lovely recipes to cook my black beauty courgettes in August. Fingers crossed! In the meantime, if anyones got any tips on growing Courgettes, please leave a comment below, they will be gratefully received!

BBC Dig In Campaign 2010

If you would like to join in and grow one or all of the varieties above, please visit the BBC Dig In website, its packed with sowing advice, Q&A and help with growing your vegetables.

Unfortunately the free seeds are not available anymore due to high demand however they are available to buy cheaply from the following seed suppliers:

• Courgette – Black Beauty 60p, Salad Mixed 50p and Basil – Sweet Genovese 50p from Alan Romans Online Seed Sales
• Carrots – Red Chantenay 52p from Wilkinsons
• French Beans – Blue Lake £1.60 from Dobies.co.uk
• Of course you may find cheaper seeds in Poundstretchers, poundstore or in supermarkets.

Other Vegetables I’ll be growing this year are:-

• Sowing Carrots, Beetroot, Cabbage, Chard, Spinach in April,
• Vegetable Growth Page – A hub page for all my growing activities this year.

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