Edible Gardening

Well I'm sticking with "Big Boy", "Delicious" and ROGUE "gardeners delight" !!!!Seriously, banning the girls from the greenhouse this year after the havoc they inflicted last year swapping plant labels :(

I tried a red variety last year too, the ones the slugs didn't eat have just been sucked to death by greenfly My White Lisbon are still going strong though.

I recon that too

About three years for mine, but no problems with slugs as the bed was right next to the pond and I would often find a frog or two in the bed. Blackbirds on the other hand are a different story.

You can leave for a while but the wind will only knock all the old stems down , plus the empty stems can act like a down pipe with all the rain going to the heart of the plant and a place for slugs and snails to hibernate over the winter and personaly thats why I cut down and mulch the top when...

MrM, leave them there until New Year, they should be fine.:thumb: Failing that, start grovelling and supplying lots of sweets.:D:D:thumb:

Have a look at this thread

Thanks for the hints guys that will be going in at the weekend. The stalk was already there when it was delivered.

You could freeze the turnips and carrots, pickle the beetroot and eat the rest.:D

Great idea Ziggy. Cover it with a black bin bag until they sprout - it will increase the absorption of heat. The tubers don't need light until the leaves form and even if you only get a few tiny spuds it's worth a try!

Guys I can`t really remember 2000 or 20000 , I was a kid at the time , my grandad done for 2/3 years , but he didn`t make much money out of it , the factory was only buy the right quantity and at the price they where given to you.....he actually realised that growing tabacco was more...

Grown outside Steve, but under enviromesh which probably helps moderate extremes in the weather as well as keeping bugs off.

Now that i`m thinking about , the kiwi berry it`s even more original to grow, if you decide to grow them from seeds let me know if you have any spare seed they are really easy to germinate , in case let me know I will try to get some cutting for you , also I`m trying to grow passion fruit ( the...

I would get hung, drawn and quartered if I didn't peel carrots :( The dogs love carrot peelings, there's a queue of canines as soon as I retrieve any from the pantry or fridge!!!They also love potato skins.Win win situation, we love the innards and the dogs love the peel, they also love...

Immature or mature, prunus - plum - trees should only be pruned in summer to avoid being infected with silver leaf disease.

We have embarked on a similar scheme in Middlesbrough. The produce from our plots will be sold to local people in a 'veg-box' scheme and through some retailers who have agreed to support the enterprise. Link: Grown in Middlesbrough

Was looking through the seed catalogues last night. Saw a range of fruit trees on dwarf rootstock. Not badly priced at under £20 each. You're looking at easily double that in many of the garden centres.I also noticed that some of the seed catalogues are now listing rhubarb as a fruit. They are...

Thanks for all advice, I had to take 2 apple trees right back as they were so bad,one had been propped up after a storm and was leaning so bad, and both so infected and overgrown, they were causing a prob with an entrance way, and you stepped on mouldy apples all the time so they had to go right...

Have a look at our tomato taste test thread for ideas: http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/edible-gardening/37262-tomato-taste-test-again.html