Edible Gardening

Mice have eaten all my tulip bulbs I had in pots in a polytunnel - again!

They will give a little protection from cold to the crowns, and if you have rabbits provide some cover to the tasty new shoots.

And so does www.gardenorganic.org.uk.

here is a picture of the tree I bought

Hi AllThanks for the replies I will place them in the garage near the windowRegardsDave

Can you post some photos, kazzawazza? If there's anything glaringly obvious, we can guide you. Otherwise A Guide to Pruning Fruit Trees - Chris Bowers & Sons might help. You get a reprieve until summer! WeeTam is right about pollinisation....Victoria and it's offspring are self-fertile but most...

I chit the lot of them

Had a feeling that might be the case, in the absence of a free p&p promotion at Dobies, it looks like a visit to B&Q (on a Wednesday to get 10% off) who stock Suttons Crimson Crush instore, working out at 36p/seed, and if they're any good it''ll be a Dobies order (via village horticultural...

That's where I've bought mine from, £1.50 for 500g of Sturon, approx. 150 sets per net . After Googling 'starting onions sets in modules' I'm going to start some in modules in polytunnels this month and see how they compare against ones planted in March directly into open ground, hoping that'll...

Thanks all I will still be growing my carrots and parsnips etc in the tubs, I am just trying to get the right crops into the right places if you know what I mean - cauliflower for example, grows, but never gets a decent heart in my tubs, and I only ever end up with a couple out of all that are...

@thriftybri Just remembered: The Northern Fruit Group might be the place to go to for information. Activities of the Northern Fruit Group – what we do

I just wash mine and I have no trouble

When you have potted up the Mulberry in the barrel, use the 30litre pot with handles...to grow spuds in..Steve...

I didn't notice this until it was too late, they went cheap but I do already have 2 of these and don't think I'd fit 3 more in, what with my mulberry just arriving too

I put pots of lettuce seed in propagators to germinate, then get them out ASAP before they grow spindly and drawn, sowing the seeds thinly helps avoid that, then transplanting to cell trays and moving somewhere cool and well lit.I think I mentioned above about failing growing them under warm...

Thanks for the swift response pete. I'm on the south Devon coast and things are starting to warm up down here already. We may, of course, get some frosts this year but they are usually mild and infrequent.I grow my potatoes in bags on the paths and patio as I've no other space for them. I...

How about one of these? I had a box many years ago and had mushrooms for ages. It was fun. I don't see why you couldn't spread the mix under turf in the late summer and harvest the mushrooms in the autumn.Mushroom Windowsill Kit - White Button at Suttons Seeds

yes but harder to dig up and more prone to snapping plus in the winter months when I want mine they and me are covered in mud

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I have never heard of trimming strawberry plants, but I have trimmed raspberries at times if I have move them or like last season when I planted new bare root plants.Raspberries are very vigorous and I trim their roots to fit in a reasonable size planting hole.Steve...