Edible Gardening

Some protein to go with the carbs

I grow about 20 in my greenhouse borders. They are about 2 weeks earlier than the same variety outside and are larger, also suffering no rust which can affect outside onesSoftnecks need less vernalization than hardnecks, there's still plenty of time for hardnecks in the uk though

As above, remove damaged leaves, the plants should survive and will continue to grow through the milder parts of winter. Its a good thing to remove scorched and split outer leaves in Jan/Feb to get a burst of new growth into Spring. I have in previous years past , taken a swap hook to them to...

I would say that it's age, Crown Rot causes the top of the root to go black and soft, in the picture the top appears to be like an expected rhubarb crown. You can either buy new crowns, or split the existing ones, if they have good buds on them anywhere. I would also dig a lot of manure/compost...

Garlic would be fine to plant now. Use a clean area, plant 20cm apart, 7cm deep and mulch lightly.

Thanks for all of your replies, I think they're quite watery so I'll give the extra water a miss. Nice to know there's someone out there that can point me in the right direction.

I think it's quite likely that the ones you've found to be a bit slimy/greasy will be older ones. My sister used to stir fry thin slices, and they tended to be a bit limp and soft.I've never peeled courgettes either. They get sliced into chunks and roasted, then blitzed with the rest of the...

I double checked ours this afternoon and noticed that OH has actually screwed through the frame onto the fence, too, just one screw through the two sides which butt up to the fence. It doesnt move at all.

I have some finings in my cupboard but didn't think to use it.

maybe eat the greener ones first you can try curing them by leaving them somewhere really dryi read they dont store great anyway so try to eat before christmas? ive got half of a month old one in the fridge thats still fine

Rather feel they will find fresh green emerging shoots attractive, even if they do not enjoy with sage...

The commercial implication of a diseased crop when growing for human consumption likely exceed that for stocking a garden centre IMO. Therefore, given that its passed by APHA on import, I am happy to continue to grow thus sourced.

@pete yes you are right about ripening but we didn't give up with the first harvest and again yes we waited for some weeks and then thought enough is enough and ready to throw them in the compost bin BUT we didn't and when we peeled the skin off the fragrance was as it should be Lovely. We met a...

Have ordered some Igloo Caulis which they say grow smaller and can be planted just 1ft apart. Hopefully the same with the Calabrese Kabuki that @BobBG mentioned. Doesn't look like there are any small sprouting Broccoli so will just try one or two right at the back of a bed or might mix it in on...

I was even later with them last year and just grew them on in the greenhouse to speed things up a bit. I planted them in the ground in November and they did fine.

You can already pre-order bare root trees from some suppliers. Good to get in early for popular varieties

The seed potatoes were ordinary potatoes bought from Morrisons supermarket.They were both described as a multipurpose variety potato: 'Rooster' and 'White Potatoes' (Melody), to be exact.

Thank you for the heads up, I appreciate it ^^