Edible Gardening

I reckon its somet to do with all those west country piskies playing games with the fruit. They have a wicked sense of humour you know.

That works? Do you just leave them outside to ripen in the sun after cutting them off?

I've grown Rocket first earlies these last two years, very good yield & taste.

That post was before they were planted out. Now I've taken down the first couple of rows this pic of the sticks might explain it better:They never get blown over and even if a cane snaps or gets loose the plant wont fall over. When they reach the top of the canes some plants get trained...

Well, it couldn't look much worse. That one has definitely kissed the ugly tree. What have you been feeding it on, Scrungee? Get in touch with Heston Blumenthal. He'll probably add a garnish of fresh slugs to your elephant man toms, give them a fancy name and charge his clients a fortune...

peels off fine.What's peeling? I hardly ever peel anything, ruins the flavour but you're right you can scrape off any unsightly bits. I think I may be pushing the boundaries having planted so late but I couldn't eat the carrots quickly enough which were in the designated planting area!

Hasn't done me any harm, after all, the head is only the immature flower. Not so nice though.

Hi, I have some cellery which has grown really well, but this week the leaves have developed some kind of rot and some of the sticks have long streaks of brown coloured soft rot. I don't know if this is because it has finished growing or is a disease, I thought you could leave cellery in the...

Aww Scrungee thats the kind of Pumpkin i've got, first time i've ever grown any and i've got one so i'm pleased even if it is small.....will post it up on the Pumpkin growing thread

Aaaah Jack McH

It sure does. Thanks :DI'll have best of both of the worlds. I'll grow them then make the soup from the harvest :PSeems like someones going to do a bit of travelling :Dlol I always got my eye out for recipes :D

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Seeing as it's done it anyway you have little choice but carry on!Do you think it has responded to shortening day length?

Eat the ones that are marked or split first. The rest will gradually ripen in a cool dry place (not the fridge!) They should keep for at least a couple of weeks.

Thank you, that's good to know, especially when some of them take a couple of years to produce fruit.The rasps are coming out, I tried one and they're horrible but by the sound of it they'll continue springing up all over the place even if I dig them out?

Next month I am taking delivery of the following1 x Blackberry 2 x Raspberry 2 x Redcurrant 2 x Blackcurrant 1 x Gooseberry 1 x Tayberry 12 x Strawberry 2 x Rhubarb plantsIs there any way i should prepare the ground for them.I will be planting them in my back garden which is...

I am in Liverpool, have put them on a south facing window, woke up to find a second chilli on one plant so that is three chillis so far, would be nice to keep them alive over winter.ThanksDebbie

Thanks Ziggy, I must say since restarting my gardening again, it is surprizing how many veg there are now that relate to cellery.

Apparently this is nothing more than a gardening myth. Tests done by some lab or other ( can't recall the name ) proved that tomatoes require warmth to ripen, but not sunlight... in fact direct sunlight can cause scorching ( sunscald ), so even a windowsill is a bit risky.About 75% of the toms...

Welcome WP, yes you can use those beans for new plants next year. Remove them from the pods and store in an envelope, label it and keep till next spring when you can sow them. Steve...