Edible Gardening

I sowed some Runner Beans a while back, they have all germinated...unfortunately I have got the ground prepared and they have gone a bit leggy..... Can I put them in the ground deeper than what they are growing in their trays at the moment. Cheers...

Wotcha Freddy Thanks - I will get another couple of the deep bags cleared of last year's compost and get sowing. Each bag is sort of divided into three, and each third should cope with a couple of 18-inch rows (maybe three at a push), so my idea is to sow from one end working to the other...

do you also want a bite or a kilobyte or a megabite?

That is so very helpful. Many thanks indeed. I await the result!! Kind regards. Andrew

After many years I've Almost, and I stress, almost given up on peaches. Peach leaf curl has been a big problem for me in recent years, up to the point that I now only have a small tree, which I sprayed with copper back in March. Its showing signs of leaf curl already. The problem does seem...

Thank you That's what I thought.

Saw this as a tree at The Temperate House, Kew, amazing and strange looking tree. Good luck growing it! I'm going to miss The Temperate House whilst it's being done up, to me the plants grown in there, could be grown by us. Whereas the Palm House is like Disneyland, a once only growing...

I've raised a few Iceberg and Little Gem in the greenhouse, most are now outside, either in the ground or in unused hamster cages awaiting planting out!

I’m sure it’s possible. But, it would take a massive investment of time plus of course land space. Once upon a time we were about 50% to 75% self-sufficient for fruit and veg but increasing professional workloads resulted in us having less time available for food production and preservation. In...

Thanks Spruce, will cut back on the watering. Really pleased I've actually got some this year as they all failed miserably last year.

Pudding was lovely

ee's already full of Sorrel. Just wish he'd grazed the lawn next to it while he was here.

I've got a couple on the allotment, good old "brown Turkey", I just planted them out as a normal tree with no root restriction. I only get the one crop of fruit each year. But as I find them very sweet and insipid I'm not that bothered really. Nice tropical looking tree though.

Cheers Vince I am away for a couple of days so I will sort what I can when I am back in the mean time I have covered the ones I planted m with some fleece. I did some in toilet rolls and some of those have germinsted so they have gone in as well.Thanks Dave

Oh thank you I just wondered if pinching out the tops would make for bushier plants and more beans. Its a No then....Ah well just do what I always do and leave em,My wigwams are not memorable, my neighbours always have a laugh but they dont fall down in gales so must do summat right..

Return residents too Zigs - they were here last year, and obviously liked the place (probably because they get fed and even get tumble dryer fluff left out for them to use in their nest!)

How are your seedlings coming along Simon, I planted mine last week so just waiting now.

I'm growing flat-leaf. Thanks for the advice. Got some in pots just starting now so will plant those out once hardened off and then chuck more bought seed down in the early autumn this year, plus let a little run to seed naturally. Thanks all

I think you might need taller 'canes' ! There's a garden just along the road from where we regularly go on holiday and they grow beans on their overwintering chicken run area so tall they need stepladders to pick the ones at the top (they use giant hazel rods from the adjoining woodland for the...

Um, not sure about a bank..would it be practical for putting posts and wires and for collecting the fruit easily? Ideally, you need some sturdy posts knocked into the ground, with tensioned wires at 1' intervals. Rich, moist, fairly acid soil. If the blackberry and tayberry can be spaced well...