Edible Gardening

It's all in the soil

That's a good point!

OK. I recommend that you sow a Supersweet variety, specifically bred for the UK. They grow much shorter than old fashioned Sweetcorn (so about 5' rather than 7' or more) and this means that they start making Cobs "younger" than the old ones used to, as it took them longer to grow.Only grow ONE...

Zigs, I have a forest of dappled shade - I need seeds because the plants are not for sale here - and very expensive to order.

Rhubarb will easily go to seed, pull off the stalk or it may deplete the crown.

Here's an interesting article. I followed it on espalier cherry and it has worked!Cheers, Tony

That's what I thought after Google images! Thanks for clarifying

I almost forgot about this thread.Anyway, an update. The one that was in the bucket with half rubble never bothered to come back. The one that is not in rubble is growing strongly.Its not enough to draw any solid conclusions though. There were only 2 plants in the experiment, and it is...

This is the second year growing small purple potatoes, I just buy them from the shop where they are sold as gourmet for eating rather than as seed potatoes - in a small bag for $3. I do live in a pretty hot climate and have been harvesting them for a bit, three big pots to dig yet, (2 purple, 1...

My lemon cucumber has gotten to the point I tied a string for it to climb! The straight 8 and marketmore (I think) that died/were eaten have not been replaced yet - I am growing them in 2 gallon pots till they are robust enough for the problems of where they go. But one is on the way up! Also...

I'm doing good this year! Yippeeee!!!! My 3 cherry and 2 plum tomato plants are coming along nicely and beginning to flower.my basil pot:Left to right: green beans, carrots/peppers, green beans/courgettes Then on the stoned area is tatties, strawberry plant, 2 x raspberry plants, kiwi...

Wouldn't hurt. I usually feed the garlic a couple of times - especially after all the rain we had

Use any bit of newspaper which contains the words 'diatomaceous earth' or has a picture of Putin hunting elk with a crossbow. Nature is a great wheel and it all is interconnected.

Agree, you are paying for the name. Look at the content label, £shop tomato fertiliser is much the same as proprietary brands.

One of my favourites is adding the flavour & bouquet of Honeysuckle flowers to Crab Apple jelly, but you need to press the juice from the crab apples, pasteurise it, then make the jelly the following year when the Honeysuckle is in bloom. Here's one I 'prepared earlier'

Hi all, I have 6 squash seedlings in my greenhouse that I grew from seed. Having never grew these before I'm not quite sure what to expect. Can I continue to grow them in the greenhouse or are they to go outside? Do some squashes climb and some grow low? Anyone grown squash?Gazania

Thanks Guys Might try a coupe of cloves and see what happens - other than that I'll just have to eat this one and wait a couple of months - then order some on-line

Oh forgot to say that I kept them in our pop up greenhouse until they got too tall then took them outside, I did this cause we live at the top of a hill and get high winds and the year before our sweetcorn got damaged.

As far as I know, Cauli's don't like to be 'checked', so water well

Upside down pears are always good for pear tart tatin!