Edible Gardening

The cowculator stamps that out as 1.503kg.This is remarkable for a PPE result. I think you've elevated furtling to a new art form.

I went to our local garden centre yesterday and took a few samples of my raspberry bushes and they said it was probably a fungus. and suggested I prune them right down now and clear all the dead leaves and branches and put some manure around them and leave and hopefully that will work if not...

Won't be able to get them under any glass this year, too many projects on the go. Mara des Bois are everbearing so I guess they just keep flowering until the weather goes bad. I notice my blackberries are still flowering as well

I'd hazzard a guess based on when it starts growing but that would only tell if it was an early or later variety

Good one @Mark56 May be a bit difficult to measure that monster.

Well this has to be my gadget of 2017..!! For every 1lb of Cherry plum tomatoes I get a very ample double serving of passata just right for the two of us..? A little fresh pasta and a meal in minutes if you have fresh basil onions and pasta.!It cost all of £15.. Saves all the blanching...

Received a quick reply from Ken Muir.We are not aware of any problems with our Glen Ample canes and have found it to be a very reliable variety. We cannot obviously comment on those canes purchased elsewhere. It is always important to plant raspberries in a fresh bed, away from where...

@Green Fingered Blogger I think it's down to the weather, I always suffer to some degree.

Nice one JimbOb

It appears that the amount of rain we have had this season in upstate New York is going to affect my garden tomatoes with blight. Fortunately, the greenhouse tomatoes are going strong and will more than compensate for the loss due to blight. We actually prefer the taste of the greenhouse...

I'll give em a try, diolch yn fawr

You'll have a no bananas tomorrow then Any of these will help

Thanks for the advise.

Of course. One by a sorely missed artist, one of the greats.

I planted an orchard for a friend a few years ago using Deacons. To add to the advice already given, pay heed to the rootstocks ....this is why I suggest a specialist supplier. No more expensive but you can talk to them and get exactly what you want

Blimey four years until the first harvestWhen we were over the Lottie the other day I found what appears to be a couple of fronds of Asparagus sprouting from underneath a Mahonia shrub I put down the allotment years ago and have been waiting for some damp weather to dig up the fronds and try...

I've got both of those and have used them to pick pears from a friend's extremely tall tree whist using ladders to get at the top ones. The one with the cord operated 'claw' is rather old, mine was a £1 boot sale bargain.

Male flowers are starting to appear.

As far as I know lettuce doesn't germinate if the temperatures are too high.So you should be OK with the weather as it is at the moment. Just watch out for slugs.

Lifted the first "Boiling" of the 2nd earlies. These are the variety Shetland Black and as you can see the colour goes through the tuber. They are literally boiling as I type so will update later as to taste and texture.The lesson learnt today was they do not suffer boiling happily (mush) so...