Edible Gardening

Always a healthy discussion point this.I always work to a time scale before I even think of harvesting, totally regardless of flowers on foliage. Not all varieties will produce flowers.Earlies take about 100 days to mature, maincrop between 120 & 130 days.Works for me.And as Palustris...

Well Elaine might have some pretty tough slugs up there :D Lottie Unfortunately my father in law keeps asking for cabbage and I am growing spinach specially for him...mind you it was his lawn I dug up. He agreed to let me use it for veg but I think he thought it was going to be a smaller...

It just so happens I have seeds for quite a few of those It'll have to be something low-growing because the gales step up in Autumn.. mmmmm....decisions, decisions :D

Hi elainefiz, just keep them well watered in good light and leave them a day or two to recover and they should produce more leaves.

yup[ another handful today hmmm

H K is probably right it could be scorch caused by the sun falling on the water on the leaves, just be careful when you water them.

Thanks I will get some netting. Any kind in particular? I thought it may be some form of bolting as I planted out early?

Haven't got pods on mine yet!! Although I haven't checked closely. Will do tonight.

What about capsicum? Don't think they take as much room as a courgette.

Well done ! Which variety are they?

Thanks fot that link John. As you say - very interesting reading!

Hello all, I'm trying veg for the very first time this year. I've got potatoes in buckets, carrots in deep pots and sweet corn in old chicken manure pellet tubs. Oh yes and a tomato plant. Not too sure what i'm doing with any of them, but I thought I'd give it a go.I'm now considering...

The courgettes will grow short and stubby, but the cue will extend away from the pot. It will then have wispy tendrils. Unless you're growing a bush cue?. Cant help you with chilli's, son't grow them myself.

Hi cattwoman25.Yes you can eat them now.You can leave them on until they turn red but it doesn`t improve the flavour.

if the end of the courgette has become soggy and mouldy, it is either the effect of frost or too much moisture. Tell your chum to only water around the base of the plant. Any curcubita should be treated likewise, they should never be watered rom above all over the foliage. And in the very...

Still no news, just the occasional twinge !

Thank`s Kevin, Kandy and pete. I will try with the nettles ( there`s plenty of them) I did the same thing last yr with regards to spacing Kandy.I really thought i`d put them closer this yr. Pete, you are exactly right.I started them off (far too early)in the cold frame, then had to shift...

Fresh parsley is great. the dried stuff makes the food feel a bit.....gritty! I have not had much success with it. According to that great organic guru Lawrence Hills it could be because the wife was wearing the trousers or because of the shedding of Campbell blood. I denie absolutely hurting...

My "French Breakfast " were ready in 3 weeks !

Guess I could move my courgette and squash plants to the garlic bed and put the leeks where they used to be. The leaves on the garlic are beginning to go yellow now. Thanks for the help.