Edible Gardening

I went to a Alternative Technology place a few year ago and they were using a Chicken coop in with the crop rotation. It looked a great idea but I can imagine the cockrel singing at 5am would take a bit of getting used to, although the eggs would be nice. They also encouraged people to recycle I...

Most, but not all, cucumber seed sold for greenhouse cucumbers is now F1 hybrid Karen. Have a look at the packet and if it says F1 you'll have no problems.If yours are not greenhouse F1s you should remove the male flowers in order to prevent fertilisation of the females, as fertilised cucs...

i think you ll be fine with your mix, the carrots are difficult to grow if soil is freshly manured,maybe this is what you neighbour is concerned about. if the manure was fresh from the origin then there may be a concerm, and i would turn it over to a depth of 8", but i would risk it if it was...

I'd suggest trying anything that you eat the leaves of, NOT things you eat the fruit of as they need sun to ripen!

Garlic :D take between 16 and 36 weeks to mature depending on the varient and when it was planted. wherever possible plant in autumn. In very cold ares delay planting til early spring. I plant mine in autumn in 3" pots, put them in a cold frame, and plant them out when they start to sprout in...

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Looking forward to the photos Janey!

Brussel sprout MD?

Thanks for the information will leave them whole and see what we get in pots.

thanks for that, Pal! Spent a nice time browsing through the site again, and on to the HDRA one again - I really ought to do that more frequently!

I purchased some loose onion bulbs from the local gardening club and they advised me to keep the soil as dry as possible.Is this right? If they are covered underneath a polythene tunnel how often should I be watering them....at the moment they are just under the soil and the shoots are coming...

NO!! But, I'm sure there is a "contact us" bit on the gardeners world page - and if not there ought to be!

Thanks Lady Gardener and Dave W. I shall try gorse clippings as we have an abundance of that here. I think the wilting is down to access to light- not enough at the begining, (Germinate somewhere warm and dark i had read somewhere),then in a panic, placed them all in a room that recieves the...

You can completely eliminate the need for thinning if you sow three seeds at 2" intervals for early carrots and at about 4" interval for maincrop carrots. When the seeds have germinated and are big enough to handle reduce the seedlings to one at each station. I usually sow a 5 metre row like...

Just picked our first of the season forced rhubarb and had it cooked with strawberries and ate it with a dollop of ice cream.Our first new crop from the garden this year and it tasted wonderful.Asparagus,lettuce and radish next week.

but double check as i dont want u 2 wreck ur veggies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your beans should be fine in tubs. Just take care that they don't become too dry. If the weather is dry when they are flowering, spraying the blooms with water in the early morning and evening will aid pollination.

If they are those cheapo Tescos "White Potatoes" then I guess they are "maincrop" which means they will be ready later than earlies (I would guess August or even September). The plants will grow up to 18 inches high and then bud white flowers. When these flowers have died I think it's time to...

purslane is a sour diuretic that removes toxins..you can also use it externally for bee stings and boils..and it has ben known to clear eczema..so its quite usefull..!

Thanks for all the info. I thought it might be better to use something to lift it off the ground a little if only to help stop slugs getting at them.