Edible Gardening

I must admit that in my previous garden, I only harvested when I needed them! So they sat in the ground, and kept spreading such that I had quite a colony.

The soil around them looks very dry. I'd give the whole area a good watering to see if that helps.

yes same for courgettes they need to go out side they always produce male flowers first so they are hungry plants so buy a liguid plant food and feed every week

Italian mustard leaves.

Thanks Mike! This is a bush variety so I shouldn't need to worry about cordons, which was the appeal.

Thank you. I've solved the mystery - I need to get my seedlings labelled correctly next year. I found another plant in the greenhouse also labelled Aubergine: ...which looks entirely different from what I now believe to be "bolted" spinach! Oops.

Thanks woolyback, much appreciated

One plant can pollinate another, the male and female flowers dont have to be on the same plant.

nope, nothing at all. Decided to pull everything out in the autumn and buy another varieties somewhere else.

Alderman are an old fashioned variety that don't start to flower until quite tall. They have good flavour and crop over several weeks. In dry weather they appreciate plenty of water, a good soak once or twice a week rather than a sprinkle every day.

I had the beans in modules in the polytunnel, so can't say it was the wind for mine. Like you, I think direct sowing is the way to go - In fact, I may even try them direct this weekend.It's amazing how fast topsoil seems to disappear, and you always end up needing more that you think.

Well, here are a few photos showing the stem itself, the plant and another tromboncino to compare. They seem to be doing equally well, so perhaps I should just bury the split secton in soil rather digging out the plant and putting something else in?

@Selleri What happened with the Agretti last year, out of curiosity? They did not grow well? Or did they turn up not as tasty as hoped?

Freddy, my French Beans haven't grow much also, I'd leave them, give them a chance if you can.

I don't track. At work I track everything, and even have a tracker to track my trackers. In the garden I rely on gut feeling, if a spot looks like it could do with Daffodils then surely I planted some in... Advancing years give a bonus thrill when plants I definitely did not sow turn up For...

@pete thank you so much

Brassicas tend to have grey green foliage and an almost waxlike look to the surface. Lettuce tend to be brighter, more densely packed leaves, little or no visible stem, thinner glossier leaves. The top one looks more like a broccoli and the bottom one with the crinkle edge leaves looks like a...

Ever tried making marrow rum ?

@pete Thanks for the advice.

A friend of my wife's has a lot of rhubarb (which she doesn't even like!) and she gave my wife a crown last winter. I planted it in a nice, sunny spot (the soil is a bit 'clay-like' but I added some good, free draining soil to the hole before planting the crown). I made sure that the tip of the...