Edible Gardening

You can take hardwood cuttings in winter, sections of stem with a couple of buds pushed well down into a deep pot in a cold frame. Take them anytime after leaf fall, they wont root though until early summer next year, and can be left to grow for the summer, or very carefully potted on separately.

A few months on, and I've finally planted the blackcurrant in its new home. I hope it likes growing in sand! It has two cuttings and three redcurrant cuttings as companions around it...

Good post Just to add, I always try to spray in the evening, when the sun has gone down, and it's a lot cooler. This helps to stop evaporation

I did find this UK site with information PFAF

I used to grow them on two permanent stems both from the base. All growth gets cut back to the main stem, leaving one bud to grow the following spring. Its much simpler, I think, than the Guyot system described in the last link. I'm sure I'd never get that to work, in much the same way I...

Oh, I planted them in March from seed in an unheated greenhouse if that helps ?

Hmm, not from personal experience but these popped up in google -

Nice haul; I'm loving shopping in my garden Thanks for the information on raspberries, too. I bought one from the 99p shop but planted it in a "veg bag" planter last Spring. Yesterday, when I was watering the garden, I noticed it actually had half a dozen fruit!! Now, having read how I...

Clueless - thanks for the info about the soil condition, as I remain convinced that I might be able to grow something useful in the shady border (despite being shady, the whole garden seems to get a lot of light). Steve & Kristen, some excellent ideas - thank you both I have seen a pony and...

Japanese onions, Turnips(for the green tops), PSB

Hi Tony not pulling your leg but you can pull different fruits from one tree.

I got it off Ebay late last year. Planted it in a shadey border and it sulked and really did not put on any growth . This year I dug it up as I thought it wasn't going to start , but I put it in a pot and it did start very late , well into May. So really its in its first year a bit spindly , but...

Hi Mum, Sorry I didn't get back sooner. The peppers are F1 Gypsy and the chilies are Anaheim. Might give one of the chillies a blast today. Rusty

I see, yes it appears to be so.. holds no worth for me.. Ill just plant it out in the wild. It is native afterall (apparently)

Harvest them at ANYtime! bite size or whoppas? They all taste delicious once cooked or pickled.

All I have done so far is take the tips out of some of the long side shoots and I'm currently harvesting between 2 and 4 cucumbers every few days and there's LOADS more coming Two more ready to be picked;

Sounds like they were not fertilized - and thus won't develop now. Quite a common occurrence (pollen stops being produced before the cob has grown to max size during fertilization period, I think) Peel back a bit further, press a fingernail into a corn and if the liquid comes out milky its ripe.

Well at that size they are easier to spot and launch over the next fence :-) Jack McH

From that, Vince, it seems I've put the wrong mix together Not that I'm too concerned; I think I'm a little star for growing more than an unwelcome, unplanted weed But, I do appreciate your advice, thank you *jotting down in my gardeners journal*

This is a wonderful scheme for crops divided by the months of the year and whether there are other crops