Edible Gardening

One of our exemplary temporary members in April 2014Some time later.At our community garden, each new member is allocated a plot that is approx. 1 square meter in size. There are 40 official plots in total and each one lends itself quite well to the square foot growing method.OP, tell...

a small water circ pump is the next best option if you do not have mains electricity for an air pump

It's getting a bit late in the season for nematodes so don't buy any more this year. Most sellers will stop selling them when it's time to stop.

Well, I think its ok to plant now, just think you have missed out on a season of it getting established. Think the roots might still be moving at the moment.I planted a "lakemont" this spring and its grown a main shoot of more than 6ft this summer.

@pete's explanation is better than the one I usually use. Brambles are blackberries that you don't want.

I too have an almost endless supply of cow manure; have used I for years and years. It's wonderful stuff. Purests will say that horse manure is warmer and better for that reason. I think what is meant by this is that the soil warms up more quickly with horse manure. Maybe it's to do with the...

I think mine went from ripe to over ripe in about two weeks. Dug them all out today complete with cobs, even the birds wont eat them.

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We've just come back from a week's holiday and the chillies are looking very healthy (a friend watered them every day). We had a message on our answerphone from a local Indian restaurant saying that they wanted more chilli plants. So Mrs Shiney sold six more plants to them.

Courgette - definitely still edible; they basically turn into marrows if left long enough. The celery, will depend on the variety as some of them are bitter if they haven't been blanched (to turn the stems white). The leeks - should be edible, but I personally would hold out a bit and earth...

Have enclosed a few photo's of the problem if that helps

I did ta, had the same for lunch I've been bitten to badgery by the things

No its on my allotment. I've grown it vertically this year to get maximum extension, during the winter I'll cut it back by at least half and put it horizontally.

I leave mine on the plant because the meeces don't like climbing chicken wire

I'm all for experimenting with growing stuff from your own seeds, but cost? I got my tomato seeds for next year(all Suttons) from the Dobbies end of season half price sale for around a pound a packet. Takes away the risk of expending a whole growing season and ending up with an inferior crop,...

That's the best news I've heard in a long time since Ziggy agreed it was his round!!. We're all really glad to hear things are better for you both and you're back in the GC Gang.I thought you were using it to roost the Chicken in??

Your fruits can ripen of the plant, I have done this in the past by leaving them in a cold greenhouse once harvested, so anywhere protected but in sunlight.As John says you could still get more fruit growing yet, but the season is knocking on now.Butternut squash are more fickle and can take...

Just got my first Blighwatch email of this season, even though I've already had blight in my garden. Better late than never.

Managed to try some last night not bad seeds ordered ☺☺☺

I'd not cut the male flowers off, as they release pollen over the space of a week or more, if you cut them off I have a feeling the pollen production will stop almost immediately. So any of the females that are not ready for fertilisation will miss out.