Edible Gardening

It was the end of 2013's tomatoes couple of days ago. Two 3L slow cooker loads were turned into pasta sauce, leaving these for composting (after some have been picked out for the hens).

Gonzo the muppet parsnip!

I've only ever grown them by the old fashioned methods used here. There are other ways used on the continent but I've never understood or tried them.Mostly it involves a lot of pinching out during the summer, even some pruning of new growth, new current years growth does not bleed if pruned...

There are so many, and as far as I'm concerned it's how you grow them that makes the difference in taste. Grow them in the same way the commercial growers do and they will taste the sames as they do in the supermarkets.

Sprouts are GREEEEENand Tomatoes are redBut if you close your eyes, then its all in your head.

If you're thinking of blackberry or raspberry you might want to check out tayberry too - utterly delicious and worth considering if one of the other plots has a lot of blackberries already

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Not according to the Diabetes forum, looses nutrient in the process and has a lot of added sugar.Straight forward pickles would count though.

I have a rhubarb plant which I rescued as a splindly wreck when I moved here 7 years ago. It produces loads od rhubarb every year. Each year around October (depending on weather) I pull all the remaining stalks, composting the thin ones, and cover the root with a mixture of horse manure and home...

Oooooh that's a whole three each!

Just as a matter of interest ... does anybody know the name of the TV show (probably in the 70's) which promoted the idea of wee plots. I think Keith Fordyce was in it.I remember an elderly neighbour of ours wanted me to dig a small patch in her back garden, so she could grow vegetables. The...

Thanks, Penny. This is a good time of year for harvesting them. They usually continue through to Jan/Feb but November is the best time.

They are Ailsa Craigs - I can see the bulb on a few of them, and they aren't all that big. Ah well, I'll oik them out and use what I can.Not going to bother with them again.

I think its in shock, the move from cool to warm combined with the drop in humidity. They will take a fair amount of cold as long as frost free.Often green healthy leaves curling is a sign of dryness, so water well then leave until almost dry. its impossible to say how often to water, you...

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They're hardy, yes, but don't underestimate the effects of PLC as I did over here last year I don't spray chemicals if I can help it, but having lost 2 peaches and a nectarine tree, the replacements will be sprayed when the neighbours do theirs from now on. Being standard trees there's no...

I had the same thought a few weeks ago, so I emailed the organisers to get their input. Apparently the town had an above average level of anti-social behaviour before the project, and many of the naughty people now actually contribute. I've always believed that most anti-social behaviour arises...

Can't help you there Sal as I've been full of snot for a few days!