Edible Gardening

Harry, the Hybrids have developed over the years. I used to overwinter them and keep them for about five years.One of the ancestors of the current batch was this plant (taken at the end of its third year in November 2007)And some of the cropThat plant lasted five years and in its fifth...

As Zigs said, there are Autumn and Summer fruiting raspberries, normally the label will tell you or if you know the variety then that can be looked up. They both grow slightly differently, and are therefore pruned in different ways.Summer fruiting: Summer fruiting raspberries, fruit on the...

I've tried a different species (Thaumatococcus) that are as sweet and are probably more amenable to growing in the UK, as they live in the shade of high forest. I had a friend who was exporting them from Ghana, so I ate a lot as the frozen fruit would turn black if they defrosted in a power cut....

Very interesting, but 650 varieties!

I'm thinking of trying some walking onions just for interest but I don't want my garden over run with them. Does anyone know whether they are easy to control or would I just be adding to my weeding workload?Thanks

If you use straw in their run for them to scratch around in and compost that together with the rolled up newpapers/dropping from poo trays you will have the perfect composted combination to use in 12 months.

Re my post New Plants,sorry if I did not make it clear ,I set runners in pots then when I know they are rooted cut them from the mother plant and plant in new rows.

My Isle of Wight garlic (can't remember the exact variety) for planting came like that this year - had about 5 cloves over 2 whole bulbs! I've had to go and get some more from a local garden centre - not such a bad idea to have two varieties anyway.

We got about the same as Pete's above per plant. We grew Sarpo Mira due to their claim to be highly blight resistant and I can confirm that we were able to leave ours in the ground long after most of the neighbouring plots had succumb. They are a quite a firm/bland variety - although we rarely...

Awesome stuff :-) One day when I have more space I would love to do something like this. I hear Tilapia are the ideal fish for small-scale aquaculture as they are fast breeding/growing - but maybe not ideal for the UK as they need quite warm water I think.

There's also loads of foraged pine cones to be had for winter fuel, it's not just stuff you can eat.

...Starting to sound like an enviromesh salesman! It was this blog that got me into trying it: www.clementsfarm.co.uk

What sort are they, Conference or Comice? I've only stored (not quite ripe) Conference pears and used shallow cardboard fruit boxes with the polystyrene inlays with pear shaped depressions that supermarkets/market traders get their pears in.If you have a bumper crop and far too many for...

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Thanks everyone I'm determined to get some good veg growing in the next year

Thanks Kristen, I'll leave them till we get back and keep fingers crossed for no frost.

Hurrah Shiney found the link by accident, story of my life

Definitely edible I've grown it for several years and find it keeps fairly well ( into the New Year). I use it in risottos (walnut and stilton) and vegetable stews.

Is there any benefit by takeing the crown out of sprouts i have heard that it helps the buttons to swell any ideas cheers all mick

As Loofah said, however if it is in a container that might need some pampering over winter. In the soil you can just leave it be.If it is being trained on wires it would need Summer pruning (Now!) and if not then Winter pruning: