Edible Gardening

I never heard of drainpipes pots before. Actually, looking at pictures, they look very decorative too! And they keep your plants away from slugs and other pests, which is great. If I had drainpipes in the garden, I would certainly consider getting a few

I found out about the molasses in James Wong's book, "Grow for flavour". Accordingly to him, aside of feeding the plants, it helps beneficial bacteria too. Having no experience with other products, I can only compare with some expensive strawberry feed I bought a few years ago, and molasses...

@Verdun sorry for my slow response thanks for your advice. I do have seedlings to start a new bed so I will plan on just starting again. Guess I'll wait until this year's harvest is finished before tearing the bed out. Sad but.. YUM

Sorry for the late answer!Let me know how it works out, I am actually curious. I am visiting Italy over the next weeks, so I might even pick a few wild plants up and see how they fare here in the UK. Interestingly, years ago my wife managed to transplant to our garden some cuttlings from...

Yes I am limited for space and now health isn't so good. Used to grow most of the 'Berries' when working a large allottment with my father, but that was over fifty years ago. Also whe employed by the MOD. As with home grown produce, you can always tell the difference.

Thanks guys! Some of them are still bare canes so hoping they are still viable and wake up soon! The golden raspberries I planted already have leaves budding so hoping they work! Any tips on what I should do as one is fallgold and the other is malling promise. So a primo and floricane. ...

I've just pulled the last of those leeks planted in clumps, and I've now pricked out so many Leeks that I'll once again pricking some out into clumps, thought I'd re-visit this thread.

I have put the two bags of manure into my two compost bins and spread the Fish Blood and Bone around the canes and have spread the compost on top.

Ah yeah I see your mistake. You're thinking of my Gotta Koala thread on the amateur marsupial keeper forum. No problem though. Easy mistake to make.

Anybody grow ramps i.e Allium tricoccum? I've got the European ramsons or wild garlic - Allium ursinum - in a shady spot in the garden and it does very well - self-seeds quite prolifically - but I've tried to grow the North American A. tricoccum from seed twice now with no joy. I planted them...

I will roast several with dinner see how they are. If they're any good I may pickle the rest.

Received my veggie seed order this week (Carol's flower seed order too [she was looking over my shoulder!] when making my purchase), got my seed potatoes today, Charlotte & Cara along with 15 potato grow bags, looks like silly growing season is just around the corner? Lights, Heat and Compost!!!!!

We had fruit from ours but not worth the effort! Tiny.

Oh dear, was ordering my veggie seed BUT Carol looked over my shoulder, now a lot poorer with HER flower seed order!

That's kind of you. You almost certainly know more than I do. Mrs Shiney is the one that knows a lot more.That rickshaw driver was bemoaning the fact that he had five (panj) daughters and no sons. All in Hindi, which Mrs Shiney was translating for me as he was speaking.

Sounds like you are on the right path now then My lounge window where mine overwinters is east facing sohas the morning sun.. The room is warm and it isn’t near a radiator or anything and seems quite happy... I hope yours will pick up a bit now too if you are putting it in a warmer atmosphere....

I planted three outdoor varieties last year and they didn't grow a great deal. At the same time father in law planted a greenhouse variety and that has grown over 8 feet in a year. Mine are a longer term project to cover this and hopefully provide a bit of shade. You can see them at the base...

Hi,They say strawbs need a period of cold, so I would leave them outside for a couple of weeks while this current cold spell is on, and then repot and bring any you want into the greenhouse.Leave some outside so you have a succession of fruits.Those in the greenhouse will need hand...