Edible Gardening

Anybody that has eaten potatos that have been stored too cold will know that they taste sweet, the starch turns to sugar.So I go along with what Blackthorn says:gnthb:

what a cutey

Perfectly edible. Just peel off the rusted leaves - there will be plently leek left to eat!Rust will slow growth very slightly and spoil some of the upper/outer growth but otherwise your leeks will be fine to eat.

Yeah very

Oops :D

Claire I'd love to go to one, I must have a look to see when there's one locally(maybe not this late in the season though).

With mustard and beer? :D

This garlic i planted is growing well,all the cloves have sent up a green shoot, i was mooching about the other day and decided to top up the soil with some compost and i left just the tip showing, well its grown again, i thought it didnt do much till spring

Good tip, Dan.:thumb:

Absolutely, good crop and worth the wait.

True super, despite the lousy summer I had two good crops (early and late) of Gardeners Delight and Sungold but won't bother with Black Cherry again.

Thanks David, I'll have a go!flugus

I just this minute had a look at my Brussels sprouts. They are covered in small large white caterpillars, so the problem hasn't stopped, even after a couple of frostsstony

Aww you guys. The neighbours have these as well so pollination shouldn't be a problem and it not directly next the the very front so peeps wont be nicking them. If all comes to naught then it will still fill a gap and look nice

My cherry toms are still in greenhouse loads onplants still to turn red even took a bowl into kitchen where I get constant sun to see if they would ripen.

It will only grow in Ericeaous compost and no other. Mine have flowered every year and had beautiful berries. This compost costs £5 per bag you just keep topping up in the Spring. Dont mix the compost with Earth soil plant will just die. Hope this helps.

Vince, using a shade house will be fine for Brassicas, Go for it.

Hello sheelaghm, here's another site with info and tips on growing chillies, If the link doesn't work, search for 'south devon chilli farm' and click on 'about us' then look for 'growing chillies', good luck .

"it has five seeds so I think I should buy another packet then"Don't mean to sound "Nanny" but are there actually only 5 seeds in the packet, or does it just say it has 5 seeds printed on the packet? Quite often them have more seeds than they say. I have a "fondle" of the packets in the...

I can`t help it Freddy, it just comes natural.:lollol::lollol::thumb: