Edible Gardening

I'm at a total loss what to do.All I want is to grow my own food. Don't know whether to put the membrane down and go for it or whether it's just not worth the risk.Jules

Well, this isn't going to make much sense without photos, which I now realise I completely forgot to take ... I grew two varieties of Parsnip, chitted on damp kitchen paper and then "sown" in newspaper pots 4" - 5" tall. This is my normal method. This year I decided to plant out early. I...

On Saturday I went to but some more fleece to cover the broccoli but instead found some 'micro mesh' which is really flexible and seems perfect for covering my broccoli seedlings. To be hinest, they look ridiculous in the three large containers that I have got, but I am determined that I will...

Ive got loads of rotten looking leaves on my potato plants since last week or two's cold spells. Im sincerely hoping they will recover as the shoots seem to be still growing but the leaves are black and withered looking. I'm sure its frostbite, had loads of bad leaves last year due to bad...

Foots getting better, so got out to try to catch up with the weeding today. things do get away from you at this time of year. Willow earthed up the Tiddies for me. Salads & Carrots have come on well. I'm sure there were more Strawberries than that when I asked Willow to...

Hi guys, about this time last year i seen a few grapevines for sale in the local garden centre. I did`nt take any pictures though so will have to try and describe them lol They were basicly grapevines but they looked like they had been pruned or something so that they all had one central...

Ive got tumblers and gartenperle this yr just to keep the kids out of the green house im hoping they will be easy to keep watered

Good to know - we've been saving glass jars with a view to making sauces out of the tomatoes and peppers, so freezing is another good idea to save us having too many sauces. Cheers

I grew outdoor ridge last year (market more) they will grow outside once it warms up a bit, however I grew two of them indoors on stainless fishing trace in 10" pots, they cropped more than the other four outside put together, tho the ones outside did crop ok in the end. I would say (if you...

Between Ziggy and Kristen, ALL my leeky doubts have been resolved.

That's great thanks, I'll try and make it a bit warmer in there as well and water less, I did what you said with the pots so fingers crossed they will be fine. Thanks for the advice

Just found some basic info on cordons, you can grow double & triple ones, it didn't say how to but it looks from the pic that you'd cut back to a bud about 6 inches & take it from there. Also, net against finches picking the buds off & Mr Blackbird nicking the fruit. I'm only growing...

cheers vince thats helped me out loads , off to the garden center for me it is

If you don't have the room to grow potatoes then don't, there are lots of other veg that are best straight out of the garden, if it is just the cost then you will eat healthier with home grown. It is amazing that potatoes are still the same price they were 25 years ago, in fact when the weather...

Mine are just starting to show aswell as I didn`t start them until mid April, the same as last year ,we will get chillis just later and probably not as many.Also someone is sending me some scotch bonnet, I will sow them when they get here.

stole the skates kind lady gave me celery

Scotland is further away.

I was thinking fo the Tomato seedlings - oncve the whitefly have swapped from the Walking Stick to the Toms !

Some gardeners too, methinks

Armpit cuttings? Yeah ... works well. You could help out your locally Garden Centre by "pinching out" the sideshoots for them to save them a job Fair chance that they will bear their first truss lower down the plant than a seed-sown plant ... so you get more trusses before the plant hits the...