Edible Gardening

@Bear1 This might give you some ideas What fruit varieties are suitable for Northern Ireland?

Problems basically. Cocaine in waste water can prevent eels from reaching sexual maturity. Hormones from "the pill" can cause problems with trout and other aquatic life not developing properly and deformed reproductive organs. As for anti depressants don't ask. They can make aquatic animals...

you should have seen my others. Caterpillars got at my first batch and they was a mess. Thankfully I protected these ones much better from the butterflies

I don't eat my bigger tomatoes fresh, I freeze them for year round use. I eat baby toms fresh.I am based in East London.

Looks like mildew.Just wondering if the tree was dry, it could partly explain the mildew and the fruit drop.Does the fruit have mildew in the picture, when they drop at that stage it's often pollination problems.

The trouble with freezing soup is that the water content takes up valuable space needed for other things. I'm going to try bottling soup this year, at least the tomato and squash ones.

I've always used potato sacks from the chippy. Request they open by using the stitched string, not a knife around circumference. Always go in before the fryer is hot to ask, arrange to go back several days later and always take some bounty- chard being a currency. Turn sacks inside out to avoid...

I seem to have answered my own question about seed swops John, having found a few posts (from you) in previous years.I also noticed your comment about being OCD about tommies. Rest easy because you're not at all OCD about it. It annoys the hell out of me when I've given plants away and when...

Hi would say also growing conditions and storage also seen this How Do You Stop Potatoes From Being Bitter? If you’re looking to stop potatoes from being bitter, here are a few tips:Start by boiling the potatoes for about 15 minutes before peeled and cutting into small pieces. Add salt and...

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If possible, let the beans dry on the plant until the outer skin goes brown. Then take the seeds out, put them in a paper bag (remember those ) and store in a dry place to sow them next year.

I have found it is necessary seperate squash from each other in storage as condensation forms on the points of contact, causing the rind to grow mould and then rot. If you have an airy space ,frost-free , I would move them out of the carton and place in solitary confinement. It helps to let the...

It's quite normal for them to do that. When the leaves have all died back you can mulch around the plants but don't cover the crown.Although rhubarb leaves are poisonous to eat they are OK for putting on the compost heap.

I've had plants, shrubs, suddenly make totally new growth since the hot spell in early September, I have an Aesculus that has made new stems two ft long and one with flower spike, so it could well be a new onset of growth after the outer skin has ripened, in this case its more likely the rain.

While most animals will be wary of chilli as its hot slugs and worms and even some mice will have a nibble i would lay some trapsdown once i grew chilli in a basket i found some birds having a nibble

Definitely toast them, they're so yummy and have a wide range of uses + they are a very nutritional addition to lots of dishes.

I gave our friends in Paris some when I re-designed their front garden and they seemed quite pleased with the results When all's said and done, though, they're just short espaliers

Thanks infradig, that sounds good to me.

I wish I could I don't have a greenhouse and the climate's not good enough up here to grow them or any other tomato outside - although I've tried.

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