Edible Gardening

I've done nothing at all with them this year, my whole crop is in the freezer .... Apart from the care packages I have sent out to people.Thanks

Wow sounds like you manage to get a fair amount in then lol :D

Ate my last Glacier tomato yesterday and kept a few seed too. Under the grow lights January.

I was thinking fo the Tomato seedlings - oncve the whitefly have swapped from the Walking Stick to the Toms !

That's ok,anytime have a good Sunday.

Last parsnip left in the garden and a few sprouts too, roll on next year.

Hi Snowdrop! My wife uses poppy seeds in her baking and cooking. Now I know that growing the opium poppy is the right one to grow and isn't illegal to do so (T & M sell the seeds), I shall be growing them myself in future. There's a man on my allotment whose Vietnamese wife is always growng them...

Hi Jack Yes I did it last year and they got me into a subscription for 1st 3 months of full gardening mag and which mag for £3.00 per month then after that it went up to £9.00 but you could stop the subscription if you didn't want to pay full price.I kept it on from March till November....

I don't find them difficult I just plant four on top of my compost heap and forget about them,unless the weather is exceptionally dry then I water them.My suggestion to you is dig an18" square hole under each plant and bang a big dollop of (chocolate/chocolate cake/soup/ manure) then cover...

Nice one Nathan

Everyone there is winding down with their Chilies but on boxing day, I will be starting over again. Got my containers for soil blocks all ready for my seeds and they will get their start the same day as the Kelsae's. This year I have an arsenal ready for any invaders so that I can have a great...

Foots getting better, so got out to try to catch up with the weeding today. things do get away from you at this time of year. Willow earthed up the Tiddies for me. Salads & Carrots have come on well. I'm sure there were more Strawberries than that when I asked Willow to...

@Webmaster Every single previous UK supplier of Kondor seed potatoes have now either removed them from their lists of varieties they hope to have for 2018, or confirmed that they are unable to source them.EDIT: The breeder rights expired in 2014, this could mean nobody will put the investment...

Yes, the little ones said mine looked like Garfield and not the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland like it was supposed to be

I'll let you all know how the seed saving goes, if I have a surplus you are welcome to them, first come, first served basis.

I hope there's interest from others for another competition this (2014) year, but suggest that there's a requirement (as with other online comps) for a pic in progress + one on the scales.

I only saw the Kennebecs mentioned in the article, unless I missed something too. No surprise in that I guess its one of their more popular varieties, and mine too after growing them this year.Steve...Second paragraph: "Propagation tests were made with the varieties Kennebec, Netted Gem,...

When I used to grow loads of runner beans some years ago, we used to go down the road of slicing them and then blanching them.They never turned to mush, but they were bloody tasteless.Never bothered after that.Better off buying them in the supermarket.