Edible Gardening

Wife and I like to pickle anything we can get our hands on and beetroot should taste good after 2 months or so and last for months after that. They would make great Xmas presents this year in a small decorative jar.

remove growing point when the plant is 12 inches high-stake stems.mist plants regularly to prevent red spider mite and encourage fruit set.when 5 fruits have formed remove lateral shoots and remaining flowers.add a potassium-rich soluble fertilizer with each watering once the fruit have begun to...

We visited the open gardens in the village of Little Hallingbury at the weekend. One of the gardens had a Tumble Tom in a raised pot. It had dozens of toms on it but none ripe yet. He said he had been growing them for years and now keeps his own seed and they grow true.All our determinates...

Thanks for the ideas everyone, I shall pass them on as we were only chatting about it yesterday.

I'm planting and sowing:Onion Cipolla Rossa Savonese (Franchi) (for overwintering - sow by mid-August) Broccoli Raab Cabbage Wheelers Imperial Cabbage Wintergreen Choy Sum, purple Flowering Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli) Kale, Red Russian Komatsuna (Mustard Spinach) Dwarf Bean Pole Bean Salsify...

I put ginger root in potting compost and keep it VERY moist till it roots .. must admit, not tried it in water, may have a go tomorrow!Have a nice weekend .. boa fim semana!

crosco Deli Enjoy :D

I would just like to let you all know that I picked my first melon today. It is delicious, so sweet and juicy.I have another four or five yet to ripen. I can't wait.

What a whopper!!! Owen Olsen from Kaiserslautern won the contest for growing the heaviest pumpkin in Germany. His entry in the Pumpkin Weighing Contest on Sunday weighed 406,2 kilos!

I am growing some pentland javelin and have dug up a few today to see if they are ready. Some are lovely little white potatoes and some are purple - why is that. The purple ones just disintegrate when cooked. Does this mean I have dug up too late or too early?

He's definitely wilting. He is sitting in a pot of all purpose compost outside my backdoor along with some chives/celery leaf/lavender/mint and parsley.It gets quite strong sun in the morning until about 2.00pm. The celery leaf isn't looking too happy either though not for the same reason I...

TimD you should take your daughter strawberry picking and she can eat as many as she likes.

Dave, Although you can plant in the Spring, Autumn planting over there is about the best time as this will give you better sized bulbs to harvest... M-L

Hi cathysue, you already have parsnips, jerusalem artichoke etc. growing? Some ideas for sowing and planting now and next month, to overwinter and eat fresh from the plotAllium Onion Cipolla Rossa Savonese (Franchi) Allium Stuttgart Giant Allium Onion Senshyu Yellow (Japanese)...

I harvested my first baby carrots a few days ago and they were amazing - tasted just when my dad dug babe carrots for me when I was little. I have never grown any before, but they had absolutly no problems with them. I recommend this variety for ease of growing, taste, and of course the groovy...

hiya guy's, i've also done cucumbers this year, and they are also spikey, but this is because they are suppose to be, the variety i have grown are marketmore, a variety from the alan titchmarch collection, it's easy to spot the difference between male and female, wait until the flower has opened...

mine have only JUST started flowering - only a couple of flowers. I'm sure they'll come eventually. I think you harvest all spuds once the growth has died back, so just wait till then, unless someone tells you different

Hi sal, they are ready when the tops flop over and the tips start to go brown. Jiggle a fork gently underneath to detatch the roots from the soil, wait for a few days, then lift the onion from the soil and lay it in the sunshine to ripen for a week or so til the tops wither and there is no more...

This seems more likely to me too. There are many microorganisms kicking about in the garden, some potentially harmful to us. I believe E-Coli occurs naturally and can live on certain plants for example. Boiling (or cooking by any means) the veg is perhaps the best way to ensure that any such...

Buy a pear tree called invincible, it should fruit in a few years. These are very hardy for us up north.