Edible Gardening

Just done a little bit of googling and the first article I read (link below) had me completely stunned. It seems turnip leaves are a superfood and we should all be eating it apparently.WHFoods: Turnip greensI'll be growing loads next year. I've always been reluctant to grow the likes of...

Its not a small shed, its a mini greenhouse that i took the doors off that i built last year. It still has the roof and sides, but an open front. The back is the garden fence.

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Congratulations! Aubergines can be fussy but have certainly enjoyed this hot(ish) summer. Ours have also avoided being covered in red spider mite which have caused us problems in previous years. Don't know why, we haven't taken any special precautions.The round stripy ones are outside...

I always give brassicas a good helping of chicken manure pellets when preparing the ground and another feed with the same about half way through.Rusty

doesnt matter my baby brother picked everything then fed it to my rabbit. still got about 10 tomatoes left though. thanks everyone for your replies.

Always a healthy discussion point this.I always work to a time scale before I even think of harvesting, totally regardless of flowers on foliage. Not all varieties will produce flowers.Earlies take about 100 days to mature, maincrop between 120 & 130 days.Works for me.And as Palustris...

I have just dug out what I hoped to be a soft fruit bed which I intend to net ect. I obtained from my local garden centre three redcurrant, two blackcurrant and a gooseberry at the bargin price of �£5 the lot.(too good to refuse) however I had intended to include 6-8 raspberry canes. Looking...

LindyIf you can't protect all your veg, then I would give priority to the brassicas and the lettuce. The reason is that pigeons love green veg at any time of the year and will strip them to the ground. They might also have a go at the tops of your root veg so it's worth hanging a few CDs or...

We always have several tins of butter beans in the cupboard. They are relatively cheap so i haven't tried growing them. They are a good addition to stews and curries etc.

hey there peeps,This we we was wondering about celery, how has your been this year, our is rather thinner and smaller than we would have liked, but more tasty than last years, what has yours been like? is it the weather ? or just a funny year, we think we wattered them more than last as well....

Thank you That's what I thought.

hi shiney,ohhhhh goody goody my very own plot, my supposed to be dwarf ones have grown massive, they must of put the wrong beans in the packet, the one with 8 beans grown in the hanging basket is not a bad size definately bigger than 18 inches and the other in a pot well thats definately not a...

I put in a series of drain holes along the bottom I did see some worms as I was turning it over too. I didn't really want to brim it too much so as to keep the soil from spilling onto the patio when my 11 year old starts "farming" it If it settles a bit I'll try and add some soil

Dave, a tip for growing spuds in containers. When you plant the potatoes fill the pot up straight away, the plants will find their way to the surface and, more importantly, they are protected from spring frosts.

hi all i prepared a raised bed to start growing fruit to ake homemade Jam, a time honored family tradition. i had planned on planting green manure and putting in raspberries in the autumn as i had read was the normbut in the garden center last weekend they had small 1 foot raspberry canes,...

Awesome stuff :-) One day when I have more space I would love to do something like this. I hear Tilapia are the ideal fish for small-scale aquaculture as they are fast breeding/growing - but maybe not ideal for the UK as they need quite warm water I think.

Next month I am taking delivery of the following1 x Blackberry 2 x Raspberry 2 x Redcurrant 2 x Blackcurrant 1 x Gooseberry 1 x Tayberry 12 x Strawberry 2 x Rhubarb plantsIs there any way i should prepare the ground for them.I will be planting them in my back garden which is...

Well people have early varieties these days, but to me they were always a winter veg from around November to February, never used to start picking until after the first frost.

1st time growing radishes, is it normal for leaves and stems to flop all over the place?sometimes seems like leaves are too heavy for the stem to support. Radishes are growing well tho' and leaves and stem are a nice shade of green looking healthy enough.