Edible Gardening

I get very confused by raspberries! Mine have been fruiting for about a month now - it seems they overlap summer and autumn........so when should they be pruned??

Interesting, didn't know birds liked them too! I have quite a few geraniums but G. 'Johnson's Blue' is by far the most popular with bees here, another early flowerer but slightly later than the phaeum. Perovskia did well too, despite being a very young plant, until the Sedum spectabile flowered....

Thank you Caroline - I'll have a look at that and see if I can put my cellar to use !Thank you too John - your apology obviously worked

All mushrooms are edible...............some only once!!!!

I'm glad it was helpful to you @ridgiemum

Thank you....no juice yet.

Hi,Well we bought this offer a couple of years ago and were well pleased. Strawberry | 5 Elsanta & 5 Free Florence RunnersAs you can see they do not dispatch until October, though that can be delayed depending on the weather. eg a long hot autumn.As for ordering them now, we wouldn't, as...

@Redwing Im embarrassed to admit that the variety has gone clean out my head (happens more and more these days!) It flesh is quite white with a tinge of pink and has quite a perfumey scent and flavour. If somebody said the name I would recognise it (I think)

@Selleri and @Marley Farley thank you for your kind offers.At the moment Chiltern Seeds (my seed supplier of choice) deliver to Belgium for just £1 more than to the UK, so I just get the seeds sent home. Getting them delivered to Mum’s has the risk of spending months trying to find where she...

Umm, in a word - yes.You graft plums onto plum trees, so it would be the mirabelle plum, from that selection.

The leaves are there for a reason.. I know this and that I’m only supposed to cut off a few leaves and I think it’s just the bottom ones in order for the tree to send more energy to the fruit whilst still keeping enough leaves for photosynthesis.Still could be for another reason though?

Ah! Rick Stein. Real, natural, down to earth. Watched his series travelling the South Americas. At home, no fancy kitchen, simply good cooking.I have just rec'd a CD with old books about Lilies. The first book having been written in 1870's. I have grown hundreds of lilies and at the same...

Had to google that variety Kon ....you have a good one I think Yes, a wall or fence is ideal. If you wire it, aim to keep the wires 5 cm or so from the wall or fence. Helps air circulation, easier to train on the wires, helps fruit ripen more quickly and, I think, more effective against the...

Well done Gary ....well, it’s a nice problem to have isn’t it? If more folks complained standards and quality would improve dramatically. Maybe keep the best and give some away....any allotment friends?

Here’s an update The plants have continued to grow and look great , I left the flowers on one plant which produced a little fruit, Q: The other plants didn’t flower again , am I correct in thinking that they are building strength and volume and will fruit next yr?

They were probably cob nuts I bought @Palustris , god knows why they sell them green.

I am lucky Howard mine are grown espalier against a wall now so either use the bag catcher one or send grandson up ladder to pick by hand. Good luck in your hunt..

I've been growing veg for years and although there is a standard "method" for everything, I still like to utilise "trial and error" too. This adds to your experience year on year, every day is a school day!Good luck.Steve...

OK points noted. Mostly my fault though as I knew I would be ripping out the bathroom and knowing that would take me a couple of months I rushed a few things in the garden just to get them going then got caught with the refurb so pretty much ignored other things. I should have known better but...

Years ago, I got some Garlic from the Garlic Farm. I forget which varieties for sure now, but one was probably ‘Solent White’. From memory, they performed very well.