A couple of years ago (before I discovered it's probably best to grow it in a container!), I planted a Physalis alkekengi. I don't mind the plant...
I know this has been covered in the past, but I haven't made green tomato chutney for years and (of course), can't now find my recipe. I've looked...
I can't abide eating jams and jellies - but I love making them, so I didn't mind when my family turned up recently with a load of blackberries and...
Your patience if this comes in the 'damned stupid question' category, is appreciated, but I need help, since I know little about computers....
It's not something I've grown before, but earlier this year, in order to give some height to an otherwise 'flatish' border, I bought a cheapie...
When we were first married our garden was just 16' x 35'. It was a mess when we moved in and so we had a fresh start, levelling it, putting down...
We all like a good crop from our 'edibles', but I was just wondering if I'm the only 'saddo' in the village? (as my family have taken to calling...
A quick walk round this morning and I pick a couple of pounds of runner beans, notice a few blooms on my wisteria (that'll be the third lot this...
Please bear in mind I haven't seen these - but my daughter tells me she's '...been given some pepper, or perhaps they're chilli, cuttings which...
Just because they're there, and because I can - I've collected a huge quantity of both lupin and aquilegia seeds. It matters not if they 'come...
I've got 'Tumbling Tom' tomato plants outdoors from which I'm picking regularly. In the greenhouse I've got Alicante and Gardener's Delight,...
This may seem a daft question, but I need some help as to what I should do with my compost. I have 6 compost bins - in various stages of...
I'm no veggie grower (Mr. F'smum's domain) but since he's away, I'm having a go. Just for fun really, I made drainage holes in a couple of 60ltr...
... my greenhouse tomatoes. They're doing fine, growing and fruiting well (just about ripe), but yesterday I find that 4 of the little perishers...
I'm really confused over the pruning of raspberries and would welcome some advice. I've an area which has, in the last 3 years, been 'colonised'...
I've a colleague due to retire shortly who has expressed his intention to take up gardening 'seriously'. He's not a complete novice, but has grown...
My neighbour's son came round earlier asking if I had a soil pH meter he might borrow. He'd arrived to take his elderly Father to some gardens for...
Regular contributors will know I've got 'form' for asking daft questions, but wandering around a garden centre yesterday I saw two completely...
Mine's got a precious 4 days home from The States. Yesterday, in 30° heat he could have been sitting under the parasol, instead he took it, its...
In order to stop the frogs (presumably from my various neighbours' ponds) and other 'unwanteds' getting into my greenhouse, I've a frame covered...
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