Edible Gardening

I take it you're actually in France, k3n? How much nicer than in the not very sunny UK! It's an area where there's a lot agriculture and vines, isn't it, if my memory is correct? I don't remember strawberries being a main fruit in France - but maybe I was too much influenced by the thought of...

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...

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.

Hi prettypolly, you get your 'baby' plants from the runners produced during the years growth, usually after fruiting. if you know someone that has some plants in their garden, ask if you can cut off some runners, if they havn't already cut them off, the little plants along the runners can be...

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

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 ]

Have just ordered some red baron...Thanks for the tips....

There are many things that grow well in containers (I have had much success): I have grown all the things you mention (except turnip) along with, potatoes, dwarf beans, peas, corgette, cucumber, andmore beside. I didn;t have much success with swede though, and have now planted a couple of mini...

Sorry for my earlier reply Provado can not be recommended for edible productsin this country. but you could use a biological control.

Sounds like the strawberry planter I got a few years ago!!!

The fruits of citrus can take a year to fully develop, so some do have fruits on for over a yearhttp://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0101/citrus_cultivation.asp

i think the amount is one tea bag to a gallon of water.gonna give it a bash if i ever get greenhouse insulated.husbands just gone for more clip thingies to attatch it.

I would pop them into pots of 50/50 compost and perlite and put them in a light position, keeping them watered. Them when this current cold snap is over and a milder spell forecast, get them into the groundGood luck

id really prefer to use john innes type compost here, or use the water retaining gel with the compost

Seems the general advice is to plant in a separate plot and see! In this country pests aren't a great problem for corn, but you could try some companion planting to help. A border round the corn of geraniums, parsley, radishes will help to prevent beetles and other pests. Where space is...

I grew them last year, bolt hardy variety, some were as big as small swedes.When you boil them, leave them in the water to cool, this makes them tenderer.When they are cold, its a matter of just rubbing off the skins.Cold,sliced on cheese sarnies.................beautiful. [ 21. January 2006,...

What a great link...Thanks :eek: :D

Most wives do Hans

Has anyone else got a dehydrator? My daughter gave me one for Christmas a few years ago, and you can dry fruit, veg etc in it. Lovely for snacks. Tomatoes can be either dried for use in soups later on or semi dried for snacks. Most useful for excess fruit [cherries, apples, pears, strawberries...