Edible Gardening

It's too cold in a greenhouse, it was minus 5 last night with us, if I had left my chitting spuds in there the frost would have killed them. Keep them inside the house like theplantman says.

I did them last year and they were quite sweet but a bit tough. They are tiny, maybe the size of my little finger nail, and were worth it for novelty value, but decided not to do them again. Have fun!

We had a foot of snow and its freezing hard. Longest winter since I was wee. And that's a long time ago LOL!

Just an extra to think about, I read somewhere that you wish at some stage in the future to join the NGS open garden scheme, if you do open up for that and someone with a wheelchair turns up...will they be able to get around? My Partner Anne is in a wheelchair and we have had internal doorways...

Cucumbers going in greenhouse, can onions be planted outside?

Steve is it a metal arch you would use to train fruit trees?

Thanks Steve! Eddie - I'm afraid I can't point you to a specific book, but if you do a web search for drying or dehydrating, either in general, or for any specific fruit or veg you'll find some info. As Steve says we use a dehydrator and it has a thermostat for accurate temperature control and...

just had a quick look at the Lidl's website and the say either in ground or pots.. 2year old plants at 2 for £10. Go for it.repot into pots a good few sizes bigger. Pot some gravel in the base for drainage. repot using John Innes based compost add an extra handful ogf bonemeal. Do not let...

Hi HBCThe sides of my raised beds are 150mm high. I used decking timbers 150mm wide X 47mm thick to make them. That was the easy part!Before I put them in place, I double dug the plot to get all the flints, builder's rubbish and old tree roots out. Then I added lots of compost and...

No fruit - now that is a dissapointment! :(I suppose a bit of time spent now will pay off in the long run though.Thanks for the info and good luck with your raspberries

Wow, that's great shiney :thmb: What a lovely thing to do! Sadly my gardening skills aren't quite at the stage where many people would pay good money for the produce!

Thanks guys

iw uld keep in a shelters spot then, although goosberries are 100% hardy, some of these smalll shrubs have been quick grown in a very sheltered environment therefore the wood isnt very ripe...I would even advocate potting into a slightly larger pot in compost and plant out when it fills that pot...

We had Vales Emerald last year, cook too much and they go mushy...taste for us was average...but we also had pink fur apples so perhaps taste comparison is not fair. Steve...

I would grow that just for the look of it. It's pretty!

:lollol: Brilliant Woo..!!!! :lollol:

Didnt really know where to put this (not sure if it deserved its own thread) So ill tag it on here...maybe some hope for potato growers as scientist decode blight DNA.....

Took a quick pic of this in case it's of interest

I like it ....you could add tire or tires as part of the earthing up process

thanks all - i now have quite a choice - much appreciated Loopy