Edible Gardening

That compost will be short of nutrients now, you will be better to start with fresh.

I'd do it in autumn

I certainly will! Also, although they are grown as an annual, they apparently produce a tuber which can be over wintered. They are really worth growing and would be great for hiding a fence as the vines are densely covered in leaves but are not heavy. They where a little slow for the first...

Use a very thick bottomed pan and the lowest heat your cooker will go to. She often has trouble with Chutney burning as our Hob just will not go low enough.

Anyone got a nice recipe for courgettes and tomatoes?

Just pick and eat them, they're fine, nothing to worry about!Blanch and freeze any surplus though, I've just done a load and have loads more to pick and freeze, the more you pick the more you get, Enjoy!

Hi All,We finally moved house earlier this year and have a single butternut squash plant. It is in a pot as I knew they spread and didn't want it to take up the whole of the 6x4 raised veg bed. It's trailing nicely across the gravel with one nicely expanding fruit. Two smaller fruit were...

This is the 2 plants, the one in the left is dinky!Finally one courgette seems to be growing betterSent from my GT-N7000

Patience is the key word

Haha, very true. That'd be funny.

How about - eat it?

Maincrop being lifted for winter storage - probably a good idea.For eating now - lift one and have a look at the crop and decide if they are "read enough" (decent sized tubers have formed) for eating. If all you get are tiddlers then wait a bit longer Generally if they have finished...

Hi guys I'd like to sow some chilli seeds within the next few weeks or so even though its not the right time of year - if i were to keep them inside the house or conservatory is there a change they could survive?Thanks

I would have cut them to the ground after planting. Best to avoid getting a crop in the first year, however most people probably prefer to have something!Any canes that fruit should be cut to the ground after fruiting, and then fresh canes will come (as suckers) next year. Summer fruiting...

Had to look up Physalis, Pete Wouldn't object if that found its way into my garden as a "volunteer"

Thanks Zigster, I'll eat as I want them. Perfect.

aka 'The Egyptian'. Sorry I had to.

Just lifted the last two of ours. Being a cheapskate I planted Tesco garlic last year and again this year. What was interesting was that the cloves I planted from our last years (Tesco) garlic took about a month longer to come through than the 'fresh' cloves bought from Teco. They also grew to a...

WOW!!! That's amazing!!!

Accidentally suck instead of blow when using your state of the art laser guided pea shooter?