Edible Gardening

That's where I got my seeds from ricky

"Pumpkin" pie

Looks great. Butternuts are one of the yummiest squashes, I use them for pompkin pie. Boil them till mushy, then add a bit of allspice, nutmeg, black pepper, salt and brown sugar. Add egg yolks, slap in your favourite pie crust and bake. Gorgeous.

Yes but no named cultivars or variants. Unfortunately they all had a similar taste and growth habit: I may be able to select some from this years genes but im also growing from tubers to see if they produce earlier. I do like them as a snack, but then we eat a cucumber a day normally.My...

It is indeed caused by calcium deficiency, calcium is obtained via the roots and flows up but cant circulate so when water is short the plants growth can cause deficiencies. Magnesium however doesnt have this problem. I think the plants will scrap older leaves too to scavange it so it decreases...

Last year I grew some very variable sized and shaped ones, I got some green topped ones and some red topped ones. Half were cylindrical shaped. This was all from a packet of Gowrie, or perhaps premier seeds mixed somemwrong seeds into it. This year ive grown an F1 called tweed and they are much...

I'd be more concerned with snagging birds rather than cats when using netting.

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I wish I could I don't have a greenhouse and the climate's not good enough up here to grow them or any other tomato outside - although I've tried.

Thanks infradig, that sounds good to me.

I gave our friends in Paris some when I re-designed their front garden and they seemed quite pleased with the results When all's said and done, though, they're just short espaliers

Definitely toast them, they're so yummy and have a wide range of uses + they are a very nutritional addition to lots of dishes.

While most animals will be wary of chilli as its hot slugs and worms and even some mice will have a nibble i would lay some trapsdown once i grew chilli in a basket i found some birds having a nibble

I've had plants, shrubs, suddenly make totally new growth since the hot spell in early September, I have an Aesculus that has made new stems two ft long and one with flower spike, so it could well be a new onset of growth after the outer skin has ripened, in this case its more likely the rain.

It's quite normal for them to do that. When the leaves have all died back you can mulch around the plants but don't cover the crown.Although rhubarb leaves are poisonous to eat they are OK for putting on the compost heap.

I have found it is necessary seperate squash from each other in storage as condensation forms on the points of contact, causing the rind to grow mould and then rot. If you have an airy space ,frost-free , I would move them out of the carton and place in solitary confinement. It helps to let the...

If possible, let the beans dry on the plant until the outer skin goes brown. Then take the seeds out, put them in a paper bag (remember those ) and store in a dry place to sow them next year.

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