Edible Gardening

I've been using Stevia for about 20 years, before the ban, during the ban (I helped get it removed) and since the ban. The best make that I've found is 'Stevia Extract' made by Vitacost and comes in liquid form in 4oz dropper bottles. The unadulterated version is not sold over here and and I...

Ok - would butternut squash prefer to be in the plastic grow home?I ordered a min - max temp gauge which arrived on Wednesday - havent done anything with it yet. STUPID QUESTION - but what am i looking/tracking for?The doors have been closed as we have had some really high winds. In fact I...

Birds just tend to pull them out the holes, tossing them to one side to die. Rabbits munch chunks out of them, down to ground level.

Everything is now in the ground...if the parsnips grow I'd do them again like this - maybe the heat in the polytunnel help with germination. I'll not be bothering with swedes or turnips but I might do the beetroots again. Definitely for cabbage and kale they made excellent wee plants. Next I'm...

I agree, It is either lacking something or doesn't like where it is.I think I will re-pot in fresh compost and feed, then put it further up the garden where there is more sun. I also took a couple of cuttings and put them in water, just in case.

hi all, just wondered what to do about some of my strawberry plants; they have been really sturdy and produced a moderate amount of fruit for quite a few years now. ive managed to plant creepers from them, and this year have around 35-40 plants all flowering and producing fruit. However, one or...

I only got this wee apple sapling 2 wks ago - bought as "pre-bonsai" & looked very healthy in the photo prior to buying. Originally in a tiny bonsai pot, I just repotted it into a slightly larger one a few days back. But pretty much from the minute I got it, it started developing brown areas...

This was the one

The slug stuff was Slugs Be Gone I think - we got it from the local garden centre. I only use it on flowers as it can't be used on or around fruit, veg etc. it gets rid of slugs, snails and their eggs that are hidden beneath the surface of the soil. I think Neudorff Sluggo Slug and Snail...

Each year I plant 2 new rows on my plot,18 plants in total,Then at the end of the season I dig up 2 rows of 4 year old plants.I look for a good runners on my 1 year old rows and take about 10 runners all the rest are cut back to the mother plant,the rest of the runners that I want come from my...

I think it's some sort of peziza cup fungus, nothing to worry about.

I'll have to try that one... Thanks for the info.

I currently have blackcurrants, a gooseberry, a grape vine, a brown Turkey fig and have just bought a goji berry plant and now fancy a fruit tree which I can keep in a pot on the patio. I have considered having a duo plum tree (two varieties of plum grafted together in one - yellow and purple,...

Nice one I had a Kiwi a few years back, only ever grew tiny fruits though, despite being in full sun

Me again - below are pictures of my courgettes. These leaves look very sad - they are the original leaves. Should I snip them off before I plant them out tomorrow or is that too much trauma in one go? Wasn't sure if sniping the stem would effect the fruit. If I do snip the leaf off, do I just...

I've been thinking about what I will do with my pallet fence, when I've made it. I want to plant it - I was thinking aubretias and the like, using some slats to create troughs in the fence itself.Then I thought grapes! Would a grapevine be ok in the north Lincolnshire climate? Where the...

Tell her not to eat any green ones, even if you cut the green bit off light makes Solanine throughout the tuber.

never had a dog wait for a mouse a rat yes

I'm growing Fantasio, supposedly blight resistant.