Edible Gardening

I had these over wintering onions called swift, pulled in may or june the were larger than tennis balls and lasted the rest of the year. Don.

Hi Ooshmi, I'm in London too and my climbing french beans have started flowering too. Once the beans start producing be sure to pick often, this will encourage further flowering/beans.

Hi Loofah I did contact seller and he said spots were due to heavy rain, which was confirmed by RHS and new shoots should not be affected. He also said before delivery they spray trees with a fungicide so no problem there. I have in fact given this tree to my son as he has more space in his...

Mine went the same as the ones in your photos but I had a lovely crop(they were started in the greenhouse).

Thanks, will have a look for that in my garden centre!!

I know absolutely nothing about cherry trees as there's loads growing 'wild' (planting schemes) locally that I gather my harvest from. But I seem to recollect coming across (what might be) this problem whilst searching online for uses of Bordeaux Mixture.

Hiya. I believe K/Wonder grow to around 4ft? In terms of space, I would guess that you have enough room for a row, as you suggest. My only concern would be that there might not be enough light. Having said that, I grew some in a shaded area in the garden last year, and got a good crop. Give it...

Hopefully we are gonna make a sort of seating arrangement Yesterday we picked up a posh gazebo thingy, got it for £30, woman said she paid nearly £300 for it last year, but didnt screw it down so the wind blew it over and it has a tear in the roof about a foot long..... good job I have a sewing...

Well, bags are moved round, so even if it slows the wee blighter down a wee bit, it will be a start. Found a tub of poison in the shed, but I'd rather not use it to be honest - - different story if it was in the house.

For main crop wait until plant is dying down. No rush if you want them for storage as you want to maximise the crop and let it mature (although beware of Blight if leaving the crop to mature). If you want to dig some for lunch, meantime, then you should be fine after flowering - although not all...

Poundland are selling what appear to be the old design veg storage bags that Lakeland sold (with veggie pics on, rather than there new stuff that's labelled 'onion', 'potatoes', etc.). Lakeland have the new design on 'special' at £2.99 , or you can get them for £1 at Poundland - and they...

I saw some Blueberries, Raspberries and Blackcurrants in 3" pots reduced to 20p each outside a QD Store today, that although not tip-top, were in leaf and with a bit of TLC and potting up before planting out would have been viable plants, so there are some bargains out there.

Well this is the fennel from modules, and its doing okay. I think!

Hiya nFrost I can only speak of my own experience. I've only once had seed grown Onions bolt, whereas set grown have pretty much always bolted, not tried heat treated ones though.

It will look very much like the main stem (same leaves etc), it will be growing from the leaf joint. Yes, the leaves are the plant's food factory so they must remain

Dunno about Apricots but my peach tree has survived the worst our winters throw at it.

Am putting together an article on the gooseberry so thought a few facts and opinions from gardeners and recipes would be in order. Any nuggets of information for me?

Mine's doing OK above the ground, 1.255 metres high (over four feet): It wont grow much more as the scapes are coming; Exactly how they were used! There were some really weedy ones that went straight to the hens.

Thanks Hsuh , that sounds easy enough even for me to do ! A few more great ideas there , I really do hope I like them ....................

I got none last year at all. Total write off in the veg garden, what the blight didn't get, the slugs ate. If you can shelter the tender stuff it'll stand a chance