Right, First time grower and i'm lost, i'm planning to grow outdoors and have yet to come across a good guide to growing outside. I am only planning a personal crop, i have access to seeds and all the kind of gear that i might need for such a venture (well acctually my dad grows cherries so he has all the gear)

i had sucsess getting germination last year but planted way to late (hoped it would be a mild winter like last year...but oh no) so i think i have that bit sorted, what i really need to know if how to keep things from eating them, how to keep them watered, i have the space to plant them so thats not an issue, how much light they need, what kind of time frame i'm looking at all that sort of thing,

if there is a good guide can someone put me onto it. i repeat i am growing outdoors (but can set up a small nursury indoors to get them going if needed)

if there is not a good guide then can someone help me out

drop me an e-mail at trebor_159@hotmail.com if you can help

thanks

Rob

(ps. i'm in NZ, so conditions are similar to ....err......france?)