Edible Gardening

Thank you Jack, I shall watch out for some end of season deals on onion sets and give it a go

that is kind of you to say Jack you are a true gent, unfortunaitly we often do or see things in the line of work that we wish we didnt have to do

Common to get "mushrooms" of some sort from newspaper pots (or the glue in Loo-rolls if you use them for pots), just ignore them

Brilliant...thanks for all of that. I will leave well alone then...and continue to water as normal.

Now that's what I call comprehensive Dave! Thanks. I'll be more frugal with water from now on.

Cool , thanks every one.

Make sure this pipe from Scotland to England bypasses the north east please, we've got enough water. Back to the original point, if you're in a hurry, I'd just skim off the turf to one or two spade widths, then break up the exposed ground a bit, then put the seedlings in. What are the peas...

Anyone else before I give the rest to a local school? Steve...

Ahhhh, should be ok then Nice country, Croatia. I was there for a couple of days last year

You need one of these: The rootstock I’m using (Arnold F1) are thin straggly looking things both under growlights and on a sunny windowsill. They are worse under the growlights, the leaves are small with strange lumps/bumps, the lower leaves wither up and fall off, that has surprised...

Pigeons have been eating my chard for the first time ever this spring, so I now not only have to fence the rabbits out, but have to net over them. Must remember to plant them out in net size blocks rather than rows. I normally plant my rows blocks so some plants at the ends can be left to go...

Thanks for the tips

That Kiwi looks nice Ziggy , I never knew they were a climber as well.Hi Aesculus , think you will be lucky to get a cultivar type on a Supermarket cheapo plant. All the ones in Asda yesterday had exactly the same cultural instructions........"Water well before planting in full sun or partial...

Grate it and use as colslaw realllly nice

I'm a little further north than you ellwilll in North West Cumbria and so far I have only planted potatoes outside, under cover I have all manner of veg growing away happliy, from the tenderest - toms and Chillis to the more hardy onions shallots leeks etc. I prefer to give as much of my veg as...

Hi Lorea nice to see another Wiganer on GC Your are living in a lovely area of Spain but hope you are following Wigan Athletics relegation fight - looking good at the moment !

I looked like that when I had her, but with worse colour sense, I tended towards greens & purples.

Thanks for those suggestions, looks like some useful stuff to look into. Cheers

If they have GOT to go out then there is nothing you can do. However, just stick in 2 foot sticks to help them get started and the plastic / fleece is easier to drape over than an 8 foot cane which can be stuffed in later. Cheers, Tony.