Edible Gardening

Good point well made :thumb:

The pic I was actually looking for was with a shorter amount of horizontal stem and showed the method of laying the pot on a slat of wood so the stem could be loosely bound to, keeping it growing horizontal as otherwise it would turn up 90 degrees to vertical only a short distance from the pot....

That's pretty cool Ziggy

Another fine mess!Amber and Zak (2 of our Dalmatian dogs) decided to mate today (at long last) :D, so today's sowing has gone out of the window, maybe tomorrow but that's looking doubtful too, will definitely get them sown before the weekend! :(

found this link on the internet which goes into great detail and may be of help to you:

Thank you very much for info Spruce and Kristen

Fresh garlic is freshly dug garlic AKA 'green garlic' and this has at about 25% more moisture content than those bulbs which have been dug up and cured by hanging up to dry for storage.So I would have thought that attempting to smoke 'fresh' garlic may result in steamed cloves.

Hi Jack Yes I did it last year and they got me into a subscription for 1st 3 months of full gardening mag and which mag for £3.00 per month then after that it went up to £9.00 but you could stop the subscription if you didn't want to pay full price.I kept it on from March till November....

Hi Lottie, The 'three sisters' growing is certainly worth a go, but you (like me) may be a bit far north for a good yield of sweetcorn. Here is another link you may find useful: List of companion plants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you've run out of seed and have to buy more suggest you try Sweetheart, plus whatever else takes your fancy. I'll bet you a pint that Sweetheart performs the best, and that you can't tell any difference on flavour. (This bet is for a virtual pint, naturally!!)

That's good to hear - I'll adjust the mental picture I have of you!I love Raspberries and the pips have never bothered me but I do understand "different folks, different strokes" :thumb:

I too like a strong tasting onion , and also will be growing Sturon this year . Is there any technique to maximise the strength of them - say feeding or picking size

Elephant garlic are normally sold in packs of only 2 or 3 individual cloves for planting just as they are, so it sound like the same instructions may been used for both packs of elephant garlic and standard garlic (which for the latter would probably read something like 'break open bulb into...

CONFUSED ? Business, require supply of potatoes for baking, Containers ? does not compute Jack McH

:D At least you can eat Fat Hen leaves

Many thanks for the info, doesnt sound too promising though! :sWe shall see

I've just bumped the Tobacco thread rather than hijack Bilbo's thread Mick

Its from here:canadianhometrends.com/herb-gardening-harvesting-and-curing-garlic/

Thanks for the explanation guys - I feel soooo much better now!

I think it will be a few years before there is enough to bottle but plan to make some wine at some point. . but quality single malts are my favourite tipple