Edible Gardening

Popped into Home Bargains today and they were just filling up a shelf with some roses and fruit bushes; the usual type in card tubes. Roses were I think £1.99 but the fruit bushes were £1.49, of particular interest to me were the Blueberries, so I picked up 2 very healthy looking plants, no...

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You may get some on Autumn Fruiting varieties, but I spent the first year concentrating on getting mine established."... to buy a couple of raspberry canes"I doubt that a couple will give you much of a meal until they have spread quite a lot.

You don't want to give Brassicas any extra heat that you don't need to, IMHO.But you don't want the seed to rot either of course ...So somewhere in-between the two is spot-on. Perhaps wait until your guess that the cold is over? then go-for-it

I looked long and hard to find another acronym for C of E , well for 2 minutes. Best I coulld find was Republic of Iraq - Committee of Financial Experts . So I think Cynical of Everything sums me up pretty well :D

The wind killed most of my tender beans last year. I grew some Red Mullet beans which only got to a couple of feet, produced a pod each & then died.

What do you call Blackberries other than Rubus Fruiticosus then? While that cat is there, "Socks" makes numerous sorties into the Garden.

I don't want to go against what your other half says Ziggy, but I'd get it checked out, you may have fractured something which is why it's taking some time to heal.

They normally produce a large central sprout, followed by many smaller sprouts, as Dai says, from the leaf nodes. If you cut out the central sprout as soon as it reaches a good size for eating, this will encourage the production of more secondary side sprouts. As for timing, depends on which...

Never heard of them till this morning & neither has the internet by the looks of things. I just report these things, Dim's our food critic.

i find this quite useful i thought others newbies may do so too :D if i posted in wrong place just move it to its new home

I can't see how 'calcium something' could counteract scab caused by lime as lime is derived from calcium and is alkaline as is calcium.

Thanks for the info. I'll just stick them in a comtainer with some nice compost and see what happens

I like the idea of anorexic leeks and they do look a bit like that! When using for a meal, I need 3 or 4 at a time. Maybe it was too dry for them (as suggested by JWK above) - quite likely the reason, come to think of it.

Thanks for the link, Shiney We often make the soup, but have not tried it yet with pesto - sounds very nice - so for lunch today...................... a-a-

You and me both Vince! I bought cheap B & Q buckets some years ago and made holes in the bottom for drainage, then filled with B & Q multi-purpose compost and had good plants and crops in them. The only draw back is they're bright orange!

To Heat or not to heat "greenhouse"Evening all, As i said when i asked to become a member "i live to garden and enjoy the country life style, Well today we had visitors and the husband just cant understand anyone who gardens to feed from or gardens for the flower/shrub sights & smells. As i...

I know..it was so good I was actually thinking about making it 3rd time this week. And thanks for the Sea Beet leaves idea! Will definitely try it!

I have a few strawberries kicking about, but I didn't count them because over the years I've learnt a thing or two about truth and statistics It is true that I have 13 fruit shrubs and so need t buy more.So strawbs, yes. Raspberries I can get a few canes of for free from my mate's garden. My...