Edible Gardening

I think what a lot of people don't realise is that to get good quality eating grapes you need the patience of a saint regarding thinning out.Not a job I have ever mastered, it's just too fiddly.

Ahh good point re pollination! Thank you. I'll put them outdoors.

These are the side-shoots you need to remove:On the middle one just check there are flowers coming on the main growing stem to the left, there do look to be but hard to tell from a photo.

No but I would try layering or semi ripe cuttings late summer.

Its blister aphid , I wouldn't worry to much about it.

No you didn't cave in you adapted

They probably did have too much heat, but not enough light. I'd pot them up to the first leaves like you say, but then put them in a unheated very light place..coldframe /greenhouse or under a make shift clear plastic sheet. Cabbages are relatively hardy, but they do like full light.

I've been composting some cardboard boxes but I find the masses of parcel tape on them a real pain TBH and often just put them in the recycle bin and let someone else sort it out.

If you have the room to spare I would suggest planting some garlic in between the strawberries. Just take a few cloves and shove them in the ground. Keeps some bugs and most of the slugs away that would normally decimate your Harvest. And also - free garlic

I grow a few different mints, I think Moroccan is the best for tea for my taste. Mine are in pots sunk into the ground. In the spring I take them out the pot and split into 4 with a spade. Put a quarter back into the same pot with fresh compost. You get another 3 pots. It sounds harsh but they...

Ah yes hello I remember, hope youre good!Yes I was growing Schefflera arboricola, Justicia rizzinii, Tibouchina urvilleana and Chamaedorea elegans in my parents driveway, they got rid of it as they wanted to widen the driveway.. However it never happen so it has been reinstated with plants,...

Thank you all very much! I love the thought of @Black Dog's mysterious travelling plant, and @JWK made Chester sound tempting - I gather that also has pretty pink flowers, which must be a bonus. However I ended up ordering a bare-root 'Merton Thornless'; that's meant to stay relatively compact,...

I just read this ... "Wasabi should be planted in free-draining, fertile soil with minimum 30cm between plants. In a pot 5L or larger use standard compost with added perlite or bark and gravel in the base of the pot. Guard from snails and slugs and provide shade over the summer."

You can always pop up here with a lorry

You can do it like this or earthing up. Admit he does live in Australia but it's the same way.

Excited for you, nothing to beat a new house with a proper garden You will have to post pics of the new garden, before and after.If you do not already have them, well worth getting some of the many seed catalogues that have been sent out lately, the Kings Seeds being a very good one for veg...

Hello fellow TynesiderWith container growing the key is to get the biggest pots you can find. Watering is easier, and the plants are less likely to get blown over.Raised beds sound great, and it shouldn't be impossible to build one next to the house wall although it would be a good idea...

This my first year with citrus (a small lime) and I've stuck it in the greenhouse over winter. Most windows are missing so lots of ventilation! Leaves seem ok for now