Edible Gardening

Something I do have an abundance of is grape vines and to go with them you also need an abundance of patience. They are very rewarding, especially if you are a wine maker, and will give you years of enjoyment.

Cheers Zig - yeah have been watering them with the hose. Looked a bit silly last few days watering my chicken wire in the rain!

I've got the urge to try again. I love fresh pineapple, just a shame they don't love me.

What sort of spacing should peas and broad beans be planted out at?

I am growing mine in big pots in the polytunnel as it seems they tend to die off in our harsh winters.

Any thoughts please? Since our weather is so good this week I've been putting them out in the sunshine through the daySent from my GT-N7000

Cabbage whites love my Goosgogs!

It reminded me of this character

I'm going to have a guess that the leaves are mottled with papery brown patches because of the cold weather we've been having.

Awww.... they wanted to be together

If it's a well-established bed, heather, you should be OK chopping the ferns to stimulate more spears. It's relatively early in the cropping season (given the late spring) and as long as you let them fern up and die off naturally in the autumn, they should be fine next year.

I find 1 plant ontop of last years compost heap seems to do well just leave it to its own devices

Pictures would help a lot!

I prick out 3 plants per 9cm pot, and then plant that out. When we want some beetroot I start by "thinning" the individual plant stations to a single plant, and eating the small thinnings, and when I've done that I start picking the, larger, ones that are left behind. If we run out I make a...

It's a bit too cold yet here in Scotland for planting out. Mine are currently in 3" pots in an unheated though well insulated greenhouse. I'm about to repot to 6" and move to a polytunnel for a couple of weeks before planting outside.

I plant about 12" apart which is more than enough. As said above chard is a bit sweeter than leaf beet. The leafy bits cook in next to no time. We fillet the leaves and cook the thicker central veins separately as they take a bit longer but add a nice bit of colour to the plate. It's not a bad...

Awesome. I'm only guessing on the potting deeper - as the stems don't look as hairy as toms. So figured they're maybe not side-shooting. But I'll try a couple of each so we'll know for future!

Simliar, but made of peat. I grew my runners in a cardboard packing thinger from a new radio (Looked like a plant tray so used it as one) When I came to plant them out, the roots were already thru the bottom & forming a tangled mass, so they went in tray and all.

Smashing - thanks Chillimad I reckon I'll be giving that a shot when I get paid

Some days seem longer than others!!!