Edible Gardening

Whoops! I read that first as got a koala.

Anybody grow ramps i.e Allium tricoccum? I've got the European ramsons or wild garlic - Allium ursinum - in a shady spot in the garden and it does very well - self-seeds quite prolifically - but I've tried to grow the North American A. tricoccum from seed twice now with no joy. I planted them...

Thanks @Aldo I'll give it a try if the seeds germinate (apparently they are difficult). If the crops taste horrible, well, soap making sounds an interesting skill to learn We have a similar salty native plant in Nordics where I'm from, we used to eat the leaves when we were kids. We called...

I will roast several with dinner see how they are. If they're any good I may pickle the rest.

The crowns get bigger and bigger with time, lr69. That's why you leave them for the first couple of years. If you've planted as per recommended spacings, there's nothing to be gained by cramming more plants in. I sympathise.. it does seem a long wait for the first plateful, but it's worth it....

Received my veggie seed order this week (Carol's flower seed order too [she was looking over my shoulder!] when making my purchase), got my seed potatoes today, Charlotte & Cara along with 15 potato grow bags, looks like silly growing season is just around the corner? Lights, Heat and Compost!!!!!

We had fruit from ours but not worth the effort! Tiny.

I've seen how a Devon apple grower does that, cutting off above ground level and mounding soil around the new shoots so they send out roots into it.

When I bought these, there were two options. I went for the larger of the two. I’ve just measured the inside diameter of the ‘pot’ part, which is 8”. As for the amount of compost it holds, I seem to remember I used up a bag (60 litres?)and a half for both planters, maybe a bit less.

That's kind of you. You almost certainly know more than I do. Mrs Shiney is the one that knows a lot more.That rickshaw driver was bemoaning the fact that he had five (panj) daughters and no sons. All in Hindi, which Mrs Shiney was translating for me as he was speaking.

Hi,They say strawbs need a period of cold, so I would leave them outside for a couple of weeks while this current cold spell is on, and then repot and bring any you want into the greenhouse.Leave some outside so you have a succession of fruits.Those in the greenhouse will need hand...

You are a lady with style and pizzazz ... my sort of gardening!

@Mike Allen the first post explains why there is parsnip talk. Not sure what you mean about fuss? I guess its just the usual discussion on a gardening forum you know, people sharing their own parsnip experiences and techniques etc Glad you have had success with your parsnips. I’ve got heavy...

Oh dear, was ordering my veggie seed BUT Carol looked over my shoulder, now a lot poorer with HER flower seed order!

Yeah, well I spose the goat willow leaf is most like a blueberry leaf, which could have caused a bit of confusion ..... mind you I am very very easily confused anyway.

Unless you’re looking at growing large onions, I see no reason why you couldn’t sow them after your move. Pretty sure I’ve sown at the beginning of March in the past, and produced decent sized onions.

Thank you ricky we will have to call in occasionally we call to Tankersley its not much further up the road, i used to fish at Worsbrough dam had some nice roach out of there.

I'll be photographing and recording as I go through this season Freddy.Steve...

Much the same as MF.However some gardeners, novice or experienced have different procedures to planting. Whatever method or under whatever conditions the seed is sown really has little influence.Come planting out time. Well dug over area, light treading down of the soil to firm. Then...