Edible Gardening

@pete yes you are right about ripening but we didn't give up with the first harvest and again yes we waited for some weeks and then thought enough is enough and ready to throw them in the compost bin BUT we didn't and when we peeled the skin off the fragrance was as it should be Lovely. We met a...

The commercial implication of a diseased crop when growing for human consumption likely exceed that for stocking a garden centre IMO. Therefore, given that its passed by APHA on import, I am happy to continue to grow thus sourced.

Rather feel they will find fresh green emerging shoots attractive, even if they do not enjoy with sage...

maybe eat the greener ones first you can try curing them by leaving them somewhere really dryi read they dont store great anyway so try to eat before christmas? ive got half of a month old one in the fridge thats still fine

I double checked ours this afternoon and noticed that OH has actually screwed through the frame onto the fence, too, just one screw through the two sides which butt up to the fence. It doesnt move at all.

I think it's quite likely that the ones you've found to be a bit slimy/greasy will be older ones. My sister used to stir fry thin slices, and they tended to be a bit limp and soft.I've never peeled courgettes either. They get sliced into chunks and roasted, then blitzed with the rest of the...

Thanks for all of your replies, I think they're quite watery so I'll give the extra water a miss. Nice to know there's someone out there that can point me in the right direction.

Garlic would be fine to plant now. Use a clean area, plant 20cm apart, 7cm deep and mulch lightly.

I would say that it's age, Crown Rot causes the top of the root to go black and soft, in the picture the top appears to be like an expected rhubarb crown. You can either buy new crowns, or split the existing ones, if they have good buds on them anywhere. I would also dig a lot of manure/compost...

As above, remove damaged leaves, the plants should survive and will continue to grow through the milder parts of winter. Its a good thing to remove scorched and split outer leaves in Jan/Feb to get a burst of new growth into Spring. I have in previous years past , taken a swap hook to them to...

I grow about 20 in my greenhouse borders. They are about 2 weeks earlier than the same variety outside and are larger, also suffering no rust which can affect outside onesSoftnecks need less vernalization than hardnecks, there's still plenty of time for hardnecks in the uk though

Some protein to go with the carbs

That's an excellent article @pete .

Thanks @noisette47 . Absolutely agree flat ones are a pain in the posterior. Maybe ok if you don’t have to deal with peeling them! The Setton sets are quite a bit more expensive than Sturon but the yield is meant to be better so might give them a go.

Ours are planted in the soil in the tunnel. They are given a fresh amount of compost but not watered during the winter.

Thanks, Hazel! Yes, I was thinking with that eventual height they'd probably end up looking a bit awkward on the patio where the half-barrels presently are. I'll move them somewhere less prominent before planting.Oh, well considering the fact that both bags will only cost me about £3.50, then...

Onions need to be free of over shadowing, certainly by potatoes and also carrots (and weeds !) I find that carrots are best left undisturbed by weeding or thinning as it is the smell of disturbed carrot foliage that attracts carrot fly.

Most of those aren't, I've tried a few times. I assume because of the way they are dried. I've got more luck from dried Indian Kashmiri chillis which I grew once but they didn't do well for me in terms of yieldMexgrocer is very good for dried cooking mexican chillis and much better value than...