Edible Gardening

Last year they were all fantastic - we finished our last squashes in April after they kept all winter.This year was a disaster - some of the plants rotted entirely and moast were stunted with only the odd fruit on them. The only plant that did well was a south african squash called Hubbard...

Terrier has the right idea.Over 30 years ago I planted it in our garden and it became so invasive that I spent five years trying to get rid of it. As I was digging out the roots I planted them along the grass verge alongside the field between me and the village. Whenever we want horseradish...

Too close to the air conditioner, eh mira?

3 for �£1 off a street stall in Scarborough High Street. Must buy 3 - eat 2 and experiment with the other. I love to live dangerously. :D

I'm not keen on loganberries - the hulls are too much and they seem to go mouldy before they ripen properly. Tayberries - I've grown several over the years, with the same result - 1 or 2 years of great abundance then a reversion to small acrop of small fruit. Never tried a boysenberry, but...

I had the self-same problem this year. Three of my courgette plants had this, and the leaves went very small, yellowish, and crinkly. We ate the courgettes anyway, and still alive. The fourth plant was unaffected, and is still producing, whereas the other three have rotted away completely while...

I tried aubergines this year as well, as I was given a couple of plants - similar story, although mine didn't even grow very big, got a few flowers but no fruits. I had them in half grow-bags in a mini-greenhouse but everything got too big so I had to leave the door open all the time! I didn't...

Breakfast this morning and delicious too! Ogen melon - unfortunately the last one this year :(

A few of mine have bolted - I put it down to the wet weather

Ate our first ones on Friday.The plants are a little shorter than I would like but the sprouts are fine

Hi Kathy New growth late Oct is unusual but we have had such a mild time just recently with our Indian summer that I think the plants and bushes have thought it was spring again! They'll wise up after a few frosts no doubt. John

Any thing can be grown in a raised bed

Don't know whats going on with your forking veg Roders :D

Hi NurseWhen, yeah, I had a few of his books around 20 years ago before I stopped growing veggies. It looks like I`m gonna be moving to a house with a large garden shortly so I`ll be able to get things going again on the veggy front, hence the book. Just thought I`d spread the word ...

You could try using a litre from this:eek: maybe not ............ banana skins would be cheaper

cajary, I would like to grow some blueberries. what size of pot did you get three into or were they in different pots, any suggestions about other varieties to mix with top hat.

Hi willow13, I grew these a couple of years back and although they didn't grow very big they were really tasty. Which site did you get your info from? I'd like to have a look to see if I can improve on my first effort.

I've heard that putting them in the freezer has the same effect. One of the reasons why frozen tastes slightly different from fresh.

Try throwing a couple of chillies into some of it when boiling Harry. Superb with cheese.

You are correct, raspberies are usualy defined by their normal fruiting period. However many plants dont do what you expect them to do and you can manipulate them to fruit at different times. Autumn fruiters will fruit on old canes the following June if not cut back and by cutting back by varing...