Edible Gardening

I was given a couple of peaches and nectarines last year although they haven't ventured out of the greenhouse yet but I can recommend apricots if you are having problems. I have grown "early moorpark" for around a decade now, it's never suffered any problems and fruits quite well if the...

If you have fennel, or know someone who has fennel growing in the garden is a good addition. A few sprigs of the ferny leaves in each jar gives an authentic cornichon flavour.

Wow - thanks for this! I wasn't aware that this would work. So you can literally pick them from the plant when they start turning pink, bring them in the house and they'll ripen lined up on a windowsill?Ta

I've had a problem with T&M. I bought some padron pepper seeds which produced a great crop but our first time cooking them and eating them near blew my head off! I don't know what they were but they certainly weren't mild padron!!

I emptied the tubs of compost yesterday and found I had quite a nice lot pf potatoes anyway

Was once told 'the night before the first frost' !

Thanks all, will get Epsom Salts and make sure I'm watering properly. Would be surprising, but could just be the latter.

Although we have been invaded by slugs this year, more than any other year I can remember, they haven't attacked our Rhubarb. It may be because our very prolific Rhubarb patch is 71 years old.

Need a picture of the whole plant.

Thank you so much for all the replies. I'll try to take the pots out as carefully as possible with advice above, and take cuttings as a back up too.Thanks again!

How about Chilean guava? Ugni Moline. Grows well in a pot, nice little flowers and tasty small fruit.

I think they will shrivel if you try keeping them, they are no where near ready to come off the tree in mid July.

I also wonder if different groups, say of squirrels, learn different things, kind of handed down through the generations.So in some areas maybe squirrels haven't learned to take apples, in others they have.

I've had about 20 cucumbers so far, of which I've had about 2. I'm not a big fan of eating them, but I enjoy growing them and the neighbours are appreciative.But..... I went down the greenhouse just now and look what I found!!A ripe tomato at last!! So that's lunch sorted for me

In the greenhouse I find my cucumbers prefer a bit more shade and humidity than the tomatoes and peppers.

You could try a temporary line of netting between the fruit and the road to deter people. I think most normal people would see that and realise they arent supposed to scrump. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, just a few canes and some net. You could add a you are on cctv sign for extra...

Avocado makes a very nice houseplant

You are correct Pete, what I call a Broccoli is indeed Calebrese, just can’t get my head round calling it by the right name.I sow it early in the year to harvest between now and the end of Septemberish. The Cauliflower were also sown in about February. I tried the over wintering variety of cauli...

Here they are after a bucket of water and some tomorite.

@pete yes I agree. I used to be the one that just sowed one seed in the trench and moved on a bit before the next one but when I have sown in pots I usually do at least 5. Then in the ground I just thought what the heck and sowed so many in the trench so close together. Never done that before....