Edible Gardening

Tnx .. I'll leave a while then

Thanks for the reply. Good to hear they did well. I ordered Purple Queen and Yellow Rocquencourt seeds last night. Both dwarf French bean. Rusty

Thanks Mike. I've bought a Low Stem Walnut tree the label says it's height will be between 125 and 150cm. I'm going to grow it in a 40cm pot at the moment.They also had apple, plum, pear and chestnut trees all low stem.

Cheers, wont be doing that again then

Parsnips and carrots (i like a roast parsnip or two) I'm not sure if bags will suffice. If you've got room in the raised bed I'd put them in there without the manure. I'd grow those in a deep loam with a nice dressing of blood fish and bone raked in, maybe a bit of homemade compost if available.

Thanks for the advice, I may keep going with them then. Pointed cabbage is one of my favourites to grow. Not only does it look rather impressive it's so tasty. I only grew 4 last year and I reckon I really have space for 8. During the summer we were eating homegrown cabbage once a week. Sautéed...

I only ever grew these once and if I remember correctly they are pretty unstable plants even when planted out and full grown. Seem to remember them getting blown over very easily. I'd be careful about burying the stems too deep, maybe some support would be a better idea.

If it's a new rhubarb then better just leave it alone for a year and it will double its Harvest in the upcoming one.If it's an old and established obey there is no harm in digging it up, cutting it in half and replanting it in a new spot (and then letting it grow uninterrupted for two years)

Your welcome

This is part of the rhubarb patch, at the beginning of the week, so I may be able to pull some in a week or two's time I need to weed it and compost.

Everyone has their own way of growing potatoes.I prefer the all-in-one-go approach so no adding compost layer by layer.Here are tidbits that you might find useful for growing main crop potatoes:- Each eye on a chitted potato is cable of forming one plant; - Each plant produces on...

@Black Dog Really intirgued by the choke berries. I've got a friend who loves to turn whatever he can into jam, and these might be a real winner for that. Plus..those bright orange leaves are so attractive. The only problem is that I may have some cross plot neighbours for drawing in the birds ...

Cool, I'll give that a go. Ironically this is the first house (out of 5) where the garden isn't full of clay! I can try something similar with my loamy soil though.Re the strawberries, I was planning on wild (alpine) strawberries, so there's not such an issue with larger bits of fruit getting...

Thanks again - I’ve heard of people spraying with diluted milk, so I’ll give that a go rather than a chemical.It’s hard to say whether the spores did any damage; as soon as I spotted them (the house was rented out so they could have been there for months) I just cut every shoot or small limb...

A weak feed might help but I think it has more to do with amount of daylight. They pick up quickly from now on.Without lights I don't think sowing earlier would make much difference.

You're right, the past few springs have been quite warm and balmy! Not quite the same this year, sunny days followed by pretty chilly nights. Down to -1 some nights this week. Hoping this frosty spell will pass soon, but we are still pretty early in the year yet

Just stock up with matches, Tinks It really does work!

As for what type, I've had a couple of goes at shoot-outs of all the varieties I could get from garden centres. Each time I've bought 3 plants of each type to compare them.Elsanta have always been large but flavourless, exactly like they always are in the supermarkets. Cambridge Favourite have...

Looks more like a dock leaf to me anyway.

I would definitely give them more room to grow. Those pots look tiny compared to the plant.Additionally it helps during summer as bigger pots can store more moisture for your plants. You don't have to water them daily that way.