Edible Gardening

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Liz, if it was a success last year then it will be this time. It wont stop the bumble bees coming into your garden, so don`t worry.

I second that :thumb:

hi Cattwoman,thanks for that ,glad yours are coming on as well ,its exciting isnt it ,ihave posted some tumbling toms in hanging baskets ,look in salad basket,i think you will like them,next to my toms are spring onions kathy

Well that answers it .Thanks vegmandan.

Fantastic :thumb: Thx very muc am looking forward to my fac crumble then and can reassure my father in law that "i knew what i was doing all along really"!!! he he! :D

superb website that beanie. Thanx. John

Further to Pete's comment - I have a vague recollection that you can eat the pinched out top but can't remember if they're better in a salad or cooked. Or I may be imagining it all... (does anyone know if they're halucinogenic?)

If you`ve only just planted them, ellen, it could be the shock of transplanting. Especially if they were bare root.Keep them moist but not waterlogged, and they should perk up in a few days. As for the damage to the leaves. You say it looks as if something has taken a bite out of them. If the...

Cattwoman I planted them at the end of March, but we have quite a mild climate down here.They took a while to start but once they did they went mad !:thumb:

I have answered this in the edible section!

Initially remove the growing tip.This will cause the plant to form at least two branches.If you want to grow numerous fruit then again remove the growing tip from the branches formed once they are about 6" long.This will cause the branch/es to double up again. I wouldn't recommend...

Generally yes as it can tend to make the carrots fork.Having said that I manure my beds and form a 'Vee' trench which I fill with sifted compost and this seems to work OKCarrots;

Steve I always have some fleece handy this time of the year. Its a lot easier than bringing everything back in side.

I've got some globe artichokes too, hoping they will produce this year-planted late last year. I love them! I used to have Jerusalem artichokes, nobody liked them except me. I think it was Palustris who said they are renowned for giving people wind!

I grew a couple plants in a hanging basket last year but think I'm not a hanging basket kind of person as I kept forgetting to water them and they eventually keeled over and died while I was on holiday for a week. I managed to get all of 4 tomatoes out of them while they were alive. Won't be...

Looking good Kandy.:thumb:

What you would normally do, Bob, is dig a hole about 6" deep and drop the leek into it. This will, obviously, blanch the lower part of the leek. Which is what you want. Earthing them up will do the same thing, but you need to be careful not to snap them. I think whoever advised you was confusing...

Dave, if you don`t try, you`ll never know. I say, go for it. It`s not going to cost anything.:thumb:

Lucky neighbours! I can never understand which pre mixed salads are so expensive. Travel costs maybe? Each bag must cost about 0.001p to grow, someone is making a tidy profit.