Pepinos are great fun. Just cut them back every year and over winter like peppers, I think thats the best way to do it. Doing stuff like that is...
There are figs in the ground here that yield like mad but theyre still fairly young, they will eventually get very big and then you cant pick them.
If you want to put something in where the pear was, you could try a fig. They are far enough unrelated to pears it shouldnt get the same diseases....
Sad for our trade with respectable international businesses but temu and temu-adjacent companies do need a serious spanking. its shocking what...
If the new growth is flexible enough you could even bend them over and tie it all together as a proper living fence, like this: [ATTACH]
Nature doesnt make many chemicals that arent biodegradable, because eventually it would build up and something would evolve to eat it. This goes...
Wild hawthornes often send shoots from the base as in forests they eventually collapse onto their side: sometimes this roots and sometimes it...
Gourds for drying go completely mouldy before fully drying but you cant eat them. Bottle gourds and similar. Has anyone here tried growing those?...
ive seen the perrenial sweet pea around here, it does spread but not much. its not moved from the spots i saw it 10 years ago, but it makes babies...
Careful with climbers near drainpipes as if left on its own it can rip the whole thing offalso consider a grape, they do really well in a south...
tumeric makes for a good dye with cotton based stuff but it leeches slowly so dont wash it with other stuff. I dyed string with it to make gold...
DIY with bamboo :biggrin: metal rods in the end of the bamboo so its not buried in the soil and itll last 4 yearsHazel coppice or similar is...
Had a chance to go back to the spot I saw our native wood sorrel many years ago and found some again, took some of the stolons home. Hopefully it...
This year I grew "inca" butternut. We only got 1, but it was super tasty and had a very small seed cavity. It was bright orange on the inside,...
definately longer. peanuts are peanuts by comparison
free copper!!! :hate-shocked::hate-shocked::hate-shocked:
What mustards do you grow? Do you eat them raw or cooked? I planted some purple bok choys but I think itll be a long time till harvest, if any....
Suprisingly difficult to get native bulbs, especially ones confirmed from our part of the country. I cant find spring and autumn squill anywhere....
our native violets live in very dark areas. bluebells too. lots of cool mosses too. bugle can do ok. dogs murcury unfortunately takes over in some...
theyll do just fine without help. i would keep water out especially in summer though.
Separate names with a comma.
