Edible Gardening

I hope you don't have to worry about them Gill. They completely stripped our red currant bush in 2004 in the space of about three days. Last year I kept a better look out and sprayed as soon as I spotted the little blighters.

I'd suggest trying anything that you eat the leaves of, NOT things you eat the fruit of as they need sun to ripen!

Thankyou Lady gardener and Roders, they are budding lovely now, and i wouldn't want to think it might kill them. Thankyou both for the replies Gill

Both my cavs would eat the spilt compost from my potting up of things. I think dogs like children try new textures in their mouth - if it tastes OK they will continue. Not a dietary insufficiency.

Grow trailing types up supporting fences, nets, or canes, or allow them to climb up string. Nip out the growing point after 5 or 6 leaves have appeared and train the resulting stronger growths up the support, tying as needed. when the shoots have reached the top of the support, nip them out 2...

Thanks for that , will let you know how it goes!

tnks frogs, yes i need a ph of 5.2 which is pretty acid, i think my soil will be about that, but i ll be taking the offending spuds back anyway. ill buy from T&M, at least i ll get quality, and i can go for heritage variaties, i just wish i had more room!.......... i can see the wildflower area...

ABSOLUTLY... used to use a weak solution of Jeyes fluid, but they advised against that a couple of years ago

I like a var. called 'RATTE' lovely pulled straight out, and eaten with 1 hour..

Yep!! :D But no bliddy money........ :D :D

Thanks both. Oldervarieties it is then! I used to have a border of alpine strawberries 20' by 2', lots of fruit all summer and until frosts. I have some plants now which were growing in my daughter's garden, so don't know what variety, maybe a cross? They are alpine type, habit and flavour but...

but double check as i dont want u 2 wreck ur veggies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

try here! on T&M http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/z12448/1

certainly an interesting looking tomato!

I got all my veg books from second hand shops. There always seems to be loads for a quid each, some great old ones too!

Grow in big (12") pots in trays. Water from the bottom and feed from the top and like LG says top up with fresh compost so they'll put out additional roots. Watch out for red spider mite and spray or introduce a biological control if you spot it. Don't let the compost become too wet or the neck...

Hi grinch, Haven't found anything on that type, but did come across this. Of course you may well know all this http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/greenhouse/melon/ anyway... :D :D [ 23. February 2006, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Marley Farley ]

Hi lady gardener, what i did last year was, I only used 12 of the 16 beds, 2 were left fallow, ie dug over and left as is for a year, the other 2 I grew annual lupins, and when they had died down, having had the benefit of the flowers, rotavated them into the soil.

Brussel sprout MD?

Thanks for that Rossco, will hold on then until end of April, with a bit of luck the weather will have warmed up by then.