Edible Gardening

thank you Zigs i wouldn't be brave enough to strip the whole plant like that but i'll sure thin them out...tops, leaves & flowers beware! im off out to get snipping!thanks again

Thank you. Do I just buy some seeds and plant as per instructions?

It would be OK if you trained it upwards on a (very tall) pillar.

I'm waiting for blight now its turned damper. Up to now though things have been good for toms after a slow start.

Cheers Clueless. I will make sure I look into it when buying.

I just didn't have any blossom. Plenty of bees though. Maybe our gardens should get together lol

Congratulations! Aubergines can be fussy but have certainly enjoyed this hot(ish) summer. Ours have also avoided being covered in red spider mite which have caused us problems in previous years. Don't know why, we haven't taken any special precautions.The round stripy ones are outside...

The devil can though.

I've got that (try and find one I haven't got) and her 'Vegetables From Small Gardens' (both from charity shops), but there's more detail in 'Grow Your Own Vegetables'. No colour pics, just packed with loads of information.

Well, I don’t know the variety – I got the seed at a Seed-Swap – just in a plain envelope marked ‘Mixed Squash Seed’ – they were probably ‘saved’ seed and as the cucurbits are notoriously promiscuous it could have a very mixed ancestry. I’ll keep the squash and try its seed next year and see...

That's how it is round here, you have to get to know the very early bramble patches and work your way to the late ones, finishing with those that produce to end of October, giving three months of pickings. Will sort out my wine recipe.

Good luck,mine are 6 inches above the earth and I have about 8 pots

Feed me: feed me, now! (Will you cook it for me too, loli?)

Mine are all flopped over now, I pulled them up yesterday and laid them on the soil to dry out and harden up for storage. In a week I'll lay them on some netting so the air can get round them.

I'd go with that too, when the tops have died back Oh, its officially a fruit in America now.

Runner beans? Don't talk to me about runner beans!To say I had a disaster with my beans this year is an understatement. A combination of drought, and duff seeds. I've probably picked 3 meals off the French beans, and the runners? Are slowly starting to grow up the pols, just starting to wind...

Thanks guys they are in a polly tunnel so it is a bit humid in there at the min might get a bit more air flow in there

Cheers GG,Bridgwater are lovely, sort of buttery, French ones are Blau Hide I think, some saved seed from a few years back, also lovely. Not too keen on Runners, grew them because I had some seed & can't resist planting things

Unlike 2011 and 2012, this year we have actually had a summer. If you've been feeding and watering your bluebs as you say you have, then just add warmth and sunshine and you have everything you need for excellent growth rate

Well done Alan!