Edible Gardening

Just picked the last three ridge (bobbly ones) in our little polytunnel. It certainly has been a pretty good year for cucumbers, we had three Femspot F1s in the GH and one in the tunnel as well as three ridge cucumbers in the tunnel. The ones in the tunnel grown in soil cropped much better and...

Seems I should have looked at Dave W's link, thanks Dave

Celery -particularly the self blanching that would be harvested before the winter.

Hi Josephine,If it is getting that bad then yes you might as well raise the netting.Some people on our allotments make up a framework from old pieces of wood like battons,and then they drape the netting over the top and hold it down with bricks or stones.If you have a look at Plotty's thread...

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They may still ripen up slightly with the availible water in the soil, so i wouldnt dig them up yet, unless ofcourse you are thinking about using the space for shallots or something.

Trust me if you lived in central scotland like me you wouldnt even have attempted to plant that outside or even in an unheated greenhouse. The most exotic I grow in my unheated greenhouse was italian peppers. Which is pretty dismal.

Hi again folks, nice banter . I was always under the impression that cuccumbers needed high humidity. I seem to remember reading that trying to grow both crops(Q`s & T`s)in the same g/house was not an easy task, hmmm....Tescos eh ? Cheers...freddy.

Fastboy. I haven't actually looked at your sites but I asked an ex colleague (now a friend) who is a toxicologist, about botulism in preserved chilis.He agrees that you can get botulism from preserved anything. The secret is in the preserving and is more likely to arise from keeping...

I tried basil (sweet basil - don't know if that is "Italian type"), but it didn't distract the bugs from wrecking my chillies!

goji berries are also hardy to -15 degree, they should be fine in uk.

in my first year of growing black/red currant and bought them late summer what month should i see the first bit of growth as i heard they are early starters

Errr.....um, dunno... maybe 'coz they looked about 2 inches-ish. Sort of. From memory. On a dark night....Hmmm..... I guess they are 3 inches then ......Which makes the cauliflower all of, ooh, maybe about 3/4 inch across?Aha! this must be nouvelle cuisine at it's best! Wait a...

Got a spare chest freezer so space is no problem, only takes seconds to reheat in microwave, never tried a dehydrator, we only like cherry toms as there is less water in them and therefore more taste. Not sure about putting water back though, would like to know how you get on with...

Thanks for your help.

If the pods won't/can't dry naturally on the plants, then try lifting the plants and hanging them upside down under cover.Incidentally, there are currently no F1 hybrid pea or bean varieties. Seed from all types (assuming that they came from UK suppliers) will come more or less true to type,...

Just come cross this interesting post. I was given a few seedlings of perennial cabbages this spring by my sister in law for me to try out. Here is the picture how they look now. They are about 80cm tall. Never grew them before, dont know how to eat them but they look really good in winter.

Cheers David.. haha..

I bought the disk ages ago and have only just got around to using it looks great to me.I will start to input the data through the spring as I plant thingsYou create a basic design of your garden and label all the beds with the plants seeds and other info.Dave

Dave, I`m going to try them in the compost heap this year.