Edible Gardening

Update- Since I took the original pic of the rusty rhubarb earlier this month, it has since grown regular, green, unaffected leaves! It looks the same as the neighbouring rhubarb now. I'm still unsure what caused the 'rust' but its happy and healthy again. Hooray!

The ants may be transporting black fly onto your plant, they often do that, if you see any patches of black fly on the undersides of the leaf just squash them. The ants , in themselves do no damage.Leave all leaves on unless they are totally dead, they are still working even if they look a...

The fact that they're being completely removed, not nibbled and partially eaten [which lots of birds, slugs etc will do] suggests something like a rat, especially if they're being taken from hanging baskets. I think you'd need a camera to be sure @compostgirl123* , and then you can take...

That’s really helpful @Thevictorian and info on this site is so good.

Figs developing ...

Rust on garlic seems to be normal, just as long as it happens when the garlic is full grown its not really a problem.

Could you attach a length of timber to the concrete posts, then put the hayracks on that?The hayracks I have just have holes at the back [they're plastic rather than metal] and you just put screws onto the wall/fence to hang them on, so it also depends on what design your racks are. Even if...

My local Sainsbury's have Blackberry Tiny Black and Raspberry Sweet Sunshine in stock. has anyone grown these varieties and can offer any advice? I am very tempted.

@pete yes I agree. I used to be the one that just sowed one seed in the trench and moved on a bit before the next one but when I have sown in pots I usually do at least 5. Then in the ground I just thought what the heck and sowed so many in the trench so close together. Never done that before....

Here they are after a bucket of water and some tomorite.

You are correct Pete, what I call a Broccoli is indeed Calebrese, just can’t get my head round calling it by the right name.I sow it early in the year to harvest between now and the end of Septemberish. The Cauliflower were also sown in about February. I tried the over wintering variety of cauli...

Avocado makes a very nice houseplant

You could try a temporary line of netting between the fruit and the road to deter people. I think most normal people would see that and realise they arent supposed to scrump. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, just a few canes and some net. You could add a you are on cctv sign for extra...

In the greenhouse I find my cucumbers prefer a bit more shade and humidity than the tomatoes and peppers.

I've had about 20 cucumbers so far, of which I've had about 2. I'm not a big fan of eating them, but I enjoy growing them and the neighbours are appreciative.But..... I went down the greenhouse just now and look what I found!!A ripe tomato at last!! So that's lunch sorted for me

I also wonder if different groups, say of squirrels, learn different things, kind of handed down through the generations.So in some areas maybe squirrels haven't learned to take apples, in others they have.

I think they will shrivel if you try keeping them, they are no where near ready to come off the tree in mid July.

How about Chilean guava? Ugni Moline. Grows well in a pot, nice little flowers and tasty small fruit.

Thank you so much for all the replies. I'll try to take the pots out as carefully as possible with advice above, and take cuttings as a back up too.Thanks again!

Need a picture of the whole plant.