Edible Gardening

Woohoo! Thank you! Will get chomping!

It's certainly pushing it, if you had a really sheltered sunny spot once it's hardened off then possibly.

Thank you! I think I planted them out in mid May, and the soil had been warmed under a cloche for the previous week or so, so they got off to a good start.Ahh, I've been feeding them since they set fruit - so maybe I started them on the hard stuff too early? They didn't have a lot of space...

My mangetout are finished now - unless someone tells me there come back some how. I did sow some more ten days ago which have germinated. So I simply pull them out and put in the compost bin?Snaps and peas are looking a tad better - not what I expected though. Was told they were easy to grow.

I think any types of salad/leaf vegetables will grow fine, they don't need much sun anyway. Fruit I'm not so sure about, since they usually need full sun to grow.

Garage no windows or garden are my options. My plastic grow homes weren't going to stay out over winter.Errrrrrm. May have to rethink.Thank you.

Very impressive! I am excited to see how mine come out, this may be setting the bar slightly too high though!

I also store mine strung up in the garage but my father used to string them up and hang them from a washing line post and they used to keep into the New Year. That was in Lincolnshire. You could pickle the shallots if you like that sort of things.

Can't answer your query, but ...... Congratulations on your new home! Wonderful news on your apple trees and what a corker of a find with the vegetable patch! Quids in there, fella! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Thanks for your prompt reply. Surprised at few potatoes you would put in a large bin.Excellent news about the compost. The used potato compost I will revive and used on carrots and courgettes. The used carrot and onion compost I have I will zhush up and use for the potatoes as well as adding...

i wouldn't bother. You can grow them all year round. Just sow them every couple of weeksYou can buy a packet of 'White Lisbon' seeds for about 40p from Wilko

I have managed to find those exact bins he uses Greecko for £8 off of ebay! but thanks for the tipGYO, i'll be sowing some turnip seeds this weekend. They can be harvested from 5 to 10 weeks depending on how big you want the turnip. They're a very quick cropOrdered myself some lettuce seeds...

The top two (potato & cabbage) do look like caterpillars, have a good look on the underside of the leafs, they are very good at hiding and camoflague.The lower two (beetroot and pepper) look like Flea Beetle:

They can be a mix...I only have one Blueberry bush and it's fruited reasonably well on it's own but I will be getting another when I get around to it...I got a large order of Buxus hedging from Scots plants and was very pleased with the service

I can`t say I have had tremendous success this year too, agree probably to dry at a vital stage, we did have a hot/warm spell around Easter, I think. I have the best drying and the smaller cloves going back in for next year, I don`t need so much since O.H. died, so plenty for me.

I know! I would have chopped them down and ended up with stumps next year! Thankyou everyone for your help on this. :-)

I severely lack that, I'll give e a few weeks before I start poking around looking for spuds ha!

Oooh Matron

Peppers also don't like the conditions too dry, which is what you usually get indoors. They should be OK outside. As the plants get bigger they may need potting into bigger pots. If the roots are coming out of the bottom of the pot you can pot them on.

Oh ok I'll do that then. So that means I can't plant any more brocoli or cauliflower of the same. Writes right? It's a bit of a shame, since the brassica family is so large. At least they have a long growing system so my veg patch won't be empty for too long, I might try planting garlic or...