Edible Gardening

However ... you need to, first, question whether you want New Potatoes at Christmas. Its a novelty, and nice to have definitely, but not the traditional roast potatoes, so you might on balance not bother with trying to grow New Potatoes for serving mid-Winter. Purely on a cost-basis its very...

I don't plant mine until 01-Aug, so I would chit them until then. There is no need to chit seed potatoes, it just means that they have started growing so they "get on with it" more quickly once planted. The potatoes will be ready X-weeks (depending on 1st/2nd early, and specific variety)...

Correct, I'm on the east coast of the US. I have the plants on the balcony, so I water them every day or two depending on the heat.Another forum suggested I might be over fertilizing. The other plants in containers are thriving.

It seems to me alot of lettuce varieties seem to come back if you cut them and leave the root ball in. Certainly little gem, butterhead, rocket and another variety that I can't remember all seem to come back.

Yes - I think the trouble was last year I just didn't get time to do them in the autumn. I'm only home at weekends and the beds need preparing etc so - that is something that I will aspire to but if not - then winter in the cote de polytunnelle it is

Funnily enough lolimac mine are Telegraph; the plants look happy enough in themselves, and there are wee fruits on them showing signs of swelling, but it just seems as though I am waiting an awful lot longer than I did last year for fruit. pete - they are in the greenhouse, although with the...

looki here, my cauli sent off a side shoot and is growing another head - 2 for the price of 1! Already had this sucker off it:

Well one week after repotting into new ericaceous compost and pruning the fruit off, the Blueberry bush has continued its decline. It has been moved to my plant "hospice" behind the shed , you never know it may get a burst of life if the roots have time to regrow.

I know Got their book on preserving, its brill

It's one of my "hungry gap" staples for early spring and I grow both white and purple sprouting for that time. For the first time I'm growing an early variety which I assume is the same as yours...but its far from ready to pick yet, I expect it to start sprouting in Autumn before the frosts...

Ahhh yes, the well watered bit. Knew I forgot something!!

I regret buying 2 crowns of rhubarb last summer. I only really need one as I don't eat that much of the stuff. No I can't open the gate to the veg garden as it's always blocked up with giant rhubarb leaves.

Thanks everyone! Really helpful. I had no idea that the green stem thing was actually the leaf, or that they'd die back at this time of year- I was expecting the black seeds to fall off the top and some little leaves to poke out the top! I'll keep them in the pots and see how many come up next...

FC, one tip, keep the ground well watered, until the seedlings emerge

try living close to Sellafield lol

Zigs , you'm a genius

No worries If you're going to make a fizzy version, don't use the normal wine bottles, they'll explode. You'll need the Champagne/Cava bottles. Easy enough to blag from a pub/restaurant. Corks and wires available Here

Looks like a Common Spotted Orchid to me.

I'm not going to be too strict on myself so I'll go for potatoes and carrots then (maybe some turnips too!), thanks for the info.

Couple of weeks time GA