Edible Gardening

The non-anuum species make way less pollen. you will need to manually remove an anther and pollinate each flower. if you look at an annuum and tap it youll even see the huge pollen load it drops. Flowers falling is classic non-pollination.Theyre perrenial and I cant be bothered so I just let...

Bubble wrap is ok if you remove it when the weather changes, but figs are hardy. Is it in a pot, looks like it, as if it is its mostly about protecting the roots rather than the top growth.I've never had any frost damage on mine, but its planted in the ground.

Thanks for your replies, food for thought. You've given me great encouragement Stephen. I'll give it a go for two years then decide whether to proceed further.

Thank you for the information and channels to look further

I make mini tarts with squash. I roast (ive even microwaved it) the pumpkin with as little skin exposed as you can, then mash or puree it, then add 1 egg per half a pound or so, and sugar and spice to taste. Then into shortcrust tarts like done for jam or mince tarts, sprinkle sugar on top and...

Oh brilliant thankyou for finding it , @ricky101 , I will have a look at that. Yes, perhaps a bit more than I could cope with, presently.

Most of those aren't, I've tried a few times. I assume because of the way they are dried. I've got more luck from dried Indian Kashmiri chillis which I grew once but they didn't do well for me in terms of yieldMexgrocer is very good for dried cooking mexican chillis and much better value than...

Onions need to be free of over shadowing, certainly by potatoes and also carrots (and weeds !) I find that carrots are best left undisturbed by weeding or thinning as it is the smell of disturbed carrot foliage that attracts carrot fly.

Thanks, Hazel! Yes, I was thinking with that eventual height they'd probably end up looking a bit awkward on the patio where the half-barrels presently are. I'll move them somewhere less prominent before planting.Oh, well considering the fact that both bags will only cost me about £3.50, then...

Ours are planted in the soil in the tunnel. They are given a fresh amount of compost but not watered during the winter.

Thanks @noisette47 . Absolutely agree flat ones are a pain in the posterior. Maybe ok if you don’t have to deal with peeling them! The Setton sets are quite a bit more expensive than Sturon but the yield is meant to be better so might give them a go.

That's an excellent article @pete .

Some protein to go with the carbs

I grow about 20 in my greenhouse borders. They are about 2 weeks earlier than the same variety outside and are larger, also suffering no rust which can affect outside onesSoftnecks need less vernalization than hardnecks, there's still plenty of time for hardnecks in the uk though

As above, remove damaged leaves, the plants should survive and will continue to grow through the milder parts of winter. Its a good thing to remove scorched and split outer leaves in Jan/Feb to get a burst of new growth into Spring. I have in previous years past , taken a swap hook to them to...

I would say that it's age, Crown Rot causes the top of the root to go black and soft, in the picture the top appears to be like an expected rhubarb crown. You can either buy new crowns, or split the existing ones, if they have good buds on them anywhere. I would also dig a lot of manure/compost...

Garlic would be fine to plant now. Use a clean area, plant 20cm apart, 7cm deep and mulch lightly.