Edible Gardening

I bought a mushroom kit today, the idea behind this is if it goes well then I'll try the 'exotic' mushroom varieties. There's 2 bags in the kit - one is a base layer of some type of compost and the other is a top layer of innoculated spores. I'm wondering about a thin layer of worm-poop...

Do any members have experience of growing Cobnuts / Filberts in the northern part of England as a fruiting crop not just as a native hedge? Information on suitable / sucessful varieties would be appreciated. a-a

Are back instore, 40 large sets for £1. I've just weighed my bags of Sturon & Red Baron and they were 364g and 312g respectively (including packaging) so large sets like last year's and the same price. From 16/1/12: The Sturon are about the same price as Wilkos, but the Red Baron are half...

Our son gave mum and dad a Juneberry bare rooted plant for a Christmas present. I've done a bit of Googling and have so far gleaned a fair bit of information and it seems I could grow one as a tree or bush, depending on how I prune it. What I'd like to do is to try it for a year or two as a...

Seems our media section doesn't show up in the whats new listings, so just thought i'd highlight the latest video in there.

The diligent gardener website is giving away a dvd on how to grow veg.

Anyone have any of these peppers to share? I need 2 for some friends to eat and Unfourtunately I grew habenaros instead.

Hi, my swedes have been growing well all year and have now started to rot in the centres. They give off a pungent smell and leak a nasty slime at the base of a leaf stem, some leaves drop off and smell as well. They have been under attack from catterpillars which have stripped a lot of leaf...

Only an idea 'cos I've managed to blag some 6" diameter plastic tubing from local construction workers. Never fear, I'm still going for my tomato and onion record.

Nonetheless, I'm laying down a challenge for myself. Going to try and grow the biggest (weight) parsnip and carrot I've ever achieved using my trusted varieties, namely Gladiator (parsnip) and Autumn King2 (carrot). I've managed to get my hands on some 8" diameter industrial plastic pipe and...

...are struggling a bit. We've just started picking our Raspberries and its shaping up to be our best year yet for them, they're big, full of flavour and there's lots of them - yummy However our Strawberries that were fantastic last year are struggling, I've a feeling its just too damp,...

I recently read some really good advice about transplanting leeks. I've been struggling with how to manage my leeks for awhile now. Have you followed this advice before? Do you have your own tips on how to move leeks?

Hi, is anybody growing purely perennial veg' ? Or anyone have experience of growing perennial vegetables ? I have quite a lot of things growing in my veg patch which was originally to be looked after by my good wife. Well, that didn't happen and the planning, sowing e.t.c. has been left to me....

I've got some squash on the go in a raised bed which look fine. I had a few plantlets left over so put them in a big pot, they are coming on better but developing these yellowing leaves. Pot is full of composty stuff. Any ideas? Nutrient deficiency? Thanks

I've grown some mustard from one of those (many) free seeds my mum gives me from her magazines. (bless her, '79 so she doesn't do much gardening now : ) ) They are like lettuce leaves, (not like when I used to grow 'mustard and cress' as a kid on tissue paper) Anyway, I've ate a couple of...

Had the first blight alert txt today. All that rain followed by sun making it humid I suppose. For anyone who hasn't signed up, this is a good way of keeping spraying to a minimum as you only do it when nesessary.

Well, this isn't going to make much sense without photos, which I now realise I completely forgot to take ... I grew two varieties of Parsnip, chitted on damp kitchen paper and then "sown" in newspaper pots 4" - 5" tall. This is my normal method. This year I decided to plant out early. I...

Hi guys, about this time last year i seen a few grapevines for sale in the local garden centre. I did`nt take any pictures though so will have to try and describe them lol They were basicly grapevines but they looked like they had been pruned or something so that they all had one central...

Hi Guys, I have some realy large and leafy spring cabbage which are just starting to heart up, but there is some type of mildew or soft rot attacking them, it starts anywhere on the leaves and spreads to the heart of the plant. It is wet and slimmy. Has anybody got an idea of what it is please