Best time to plant outside?

[Super.Niki]

Ok... I'm a bit new to this gardening thing but have become like one of those over-proud and over-pushy mothers with my mini veg garden on my windowsil so... I want "the best" for them!!

The thing I'm wondering is... I have to move out of here around the 9th July and (hopefully!) will be moving into the new house on or around the 14th/15th July... is this too early/too late to move my veggies outside? What about herbs too?

Here's what I have:
Lettuce
Tomatoes (can't remember what variety but will find out if it's really important!)
Thyme
Oregano
Basil
Mixed salad leaves
Peppers (which havn't come up yet...??)
Onions
Sage
Peas
Sweetcorn
Carrots (the round ones for container pots!)
Chilli (which STILL haven't come up either! )

I don't mind keeping the herbs on the windowsil in the kitchen (after all, they're great for cooking!) but what should I do about the veggies??

Thank you... and sorry it seems a bit of a blonde question... I'm still suprised that any have grown!!

[MKG]

A lot of what you have will be very big or even cropping by mid-July. Sounds to me like you may be better thinking in terms of container growing - those can, of course, move house with you.

[hamster]

I had exactly the same problem last year. I eventually decided that shipping tomatoes from Oxford to Northumberland and back to Berkshire rather defeated the point of reducing food miles by growing my own, especially as I wouldn't have got any crops off them before I left uni and didn't know where I was moving to. However, if you won't have far to move, you can find somewhere to put them while you're between houses and you know that wherever you're going will have some outdoor space, I'd just put everything in containers (old wine boxes with drainage holes drilled in the bottom is what I'm using) which can then be moved when you go.

[Super.Niki]

hehe I see your problem about foot miles hamster!

I do know where I'm moving to and we do have a teeny bit of garden space (which I've already claimed!) so actually moving them wouldnt be an issue.. but now you mention they'll be cropping by mid July i think I'm going to have to ditch the idea of re-planting and just find bigger containers while I'm here!

Oh well... as I said it's a miracle i've managed to grow them in the first place!!

[Millymollymandy]

Ditch the sweetcorn as it grows 5ft high or more and 4ft wide and isn't suitable for containers!

What else you keep or ditch will depend on how much your move is costing and if you are using a removals van or not, because they will charge you per m3 and plants can't be stacked one on top of the other (for obvious reasons) - though I have had some dick heads in the past who thought you could.