Edible Gardening

Hi Rumple and Miraflores:Thank very muuch for the replies. I am now inspired to give them a go this spring. Will try both greenhouse and outside and will let you know how I get on.

Hi linlin and all, I grow strawberries on my little nursery and sell some of them. I grow a variety called Flamenco, perpetual fruiting, so i get a small crop in june, then again in july until first frosts. Infact we had the last of the fresh strawberries from the plot last night. They have a...

luckyboo.I checked on Google and it says the beans you mentioned are climbing french beans,ours are Runner Beans that climb

great stuff - thanks very much indeed to you allmuch appreciated

I have planted my cranberry plants near to my blueberry because I believe they both like acid soil. Should I therefore be feeding the cranberry with the ericaceous feed as well?

I've read a second season is good for getting bigger roots, so I might leave them in a while yet.

certainly, if you want to avoid terrible colic pains which make you fear the worst....

Separated runners from my strawberry plants yesterday,looking very healthy and green.They are planted in borders of my greenhouse still looking green with new shoots.Have tried this once before and lost them even before I separated runners.This time there was a loot of base root on the...

Try growing mint near roses to deter aphids. You can also scatter mint leaves or mint oil in cupboards and near the point of entry to deter ants. Personally I've found the oil to work better than the leaves and peppermint works far better than spearmint .Add 5 tablespoons of peppermint...

Just a note of caution about the windbreak angle - they are easily blown over if planted shallow or if it's windy, so I have to support them with stakes and string here in the fens :rolleyes:

I gre some jerusalem artichokes by juts buying them at the supermarket three came up quite high - I had read that they are good asa windbreak and woudl liek to try this - can I replant the ones I have anybody have any idea about this? They didn tseem to Flower but came up very big and...

Hello, frogesque! I was interested to read your posted link to the Pink Grapefruit last week.A couple of months ago I bought a Ruby Grapefruit tree. It is 85cm tall and of course I have it in the ground. I am looking forward to seeing my first flower!I love grapefruit juice and prefer it...

I would shell out the seeds, and then dry them.

Many thanks.

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!

Hi Scotkat,last year was my first attempt at sweetcorn and so i was a bit dubious,especially when the man in the next allotment said he`s never had much luck on account of the dodgy climate here in the North East.I can`t tell you much about how to grow baby corn but there is a note of a one...

Has anyone grown these before?And are they successful would like to grow these in my greenhouse next yr.I have grown courgettes before but never baby.Can anyone help me?

Like the others I have frozen my excess chillies, and I find this to be the best method of storing them. I did once fill a jam jar with Habaneros and top up with Olive Oil, then placed them in an oven at 100 degrees for half an hour. This produced a wonderful oil to add to your cooking, in very,...

Yep - Got 3!

You could try insect netting Poppet. I'm usually plagued with whitefly and caterpillars on my brassicas and hate using insecticide. This year I netted and have had next to no problem. Another and cheaper option might be horticultural fleece.