Edible Gardening

Yes drainage holes...regular watering is usually the norm but the rain has at least done me a bit of a favour

Had the few Broad Beans that survived the neglect for lunch today,soooo tender few pods left might just get one more meal.

Cheers, I'll have a look! I know they're not the easiest, but I would like to hope it wasn't me hastening their demise...

Thanks Steve will have a go

I've got loads of both types (plus a Fenn trap from when we had a stoat problem).

since the flavour is quite pungent they are best sliced andmixed for example in a fresh salad. Also there is a recipy called "carpaccio" where it would fit quite well. It is very thin sliced raw beef seseasoned with parmesan shavings, lemon oil salt and pepper.

I used to rotate crops but haven't done so for about 20 years. I've found that proper digging and good fresh compost each year works OK for me.

I recently read some really good advice about transplanting leeks. I've been struggling with how to manage my leeks for awhile now. Have you followed this advice before? Do you have your own tips on how to move leeks?

Epsom Salts.

Only summer Cauli I've grown with success is Candid Charm. That does a really good job of making a good head IMHO. Firm ground is important but I've not always bothered. Don't sow them too late either, the heat of Summer makes them do less well for me.

I get the idea its not here, seems to early.

Just eating a ham and Piccolino sandwich.Very nice too.

Sounds excellent. Hopefully not forced too early on (as they may bolt), but I suggest you plant (make a hole with a dibber a good 6" deep, drop in, water well so that soil washed down around the roots, no need to back-fill at all) and sit tight until the Autumn at least. I think of Leeks as a...

They seem to be fairly decent fruiter's (I think we should adopt the word fruiter and get it into the dictionary), so its got to be worth a shot. I need work to settle down again to give me the chance to get back out there and get it done.

Yes, 1st photo are males, second photo is female. If F1 Female-only variety then remove all male flowers. You may get a few at the beginning of the season but should get no more. Supposedly F1 female-only varieties only produce males when stressed - so perhaps review your husbandry in case...

Agree with Kristen, don't worry as the lower leaves aren't important. Just a suggestion re slugs. I'd be inclined to put the pellets on the ground around the bottom of the pots and not in the pots. You don't really want to encourage them to climb up the pots. Let them munch on the pellets...

I used to see it a lot on the farm, it comes in the seed and is encouraged by cool and wet weather, theres nothing you can do accept pull out the diseased plants and definately don't keep the tubers for seed next year.

Hi there. No use now, but maybe next year try a resistant variety? Last year, my onions got Downy Mildew, so this year I'm trying one called 'Santero'. It claims to be resistant, so I'll post the results later on, probably September. Cheers...Freddy

Well strictly speaking, pepper plants aren't annuals so they'll carry on cropping as long as they survive.

I'm going with Longan I reckon, but thanks for looking! As far as fruiting I have no idea, but I'll find out in a year or three hopefully!