Edible Gardening

Most of my rarer Hemerocallis have been sourced from ebay, as has already been said you need to check out the sellers before buying.

Best to grow stuff you like to eat. Currently I'm sowing lettuce, spinach, peas and carrots. All of these are reasonably fast growing. I've also sown summer broccoli which will take up a bit more room. New (early) potatoes would be a good thing to try too and you'll be digging them up in...

I used the airing cupboard for years, for germination, until I built a propagator. You do need to check twice a day though as in those temperatures seedings go leggy very fast.Pepper seed needs quite a high temperature to germinate well, 80F is about right.It's the growing on afterwards that...

The compost only goes into the tubes. I drop some in (about third depth?) then use a short length of broom handle to tamp in down so it wont fall out the bottom, but not so hard it might restrict root growth, then add/gently tamp more seed compost above up seed sowing depth, sow 3 seeds and...

@silu Yes Rhino on way, due to arrive end of March. Will post more on this escapade later.

Or only after 11:30:?

Cara is a very good all-rounder (I'll be growing a few) Maris Piper superb for chips Desiree excellent for mash

Not me.

Then I guess that I shouldnt mention that celery soup tastes better with some fennel in it?

Reminds me of the story I was once told by a young woman who'd tried them and liked them but accidentally shouted across the room at a dinner party, 'Has anyone else here had syphillis?'

Yes CO2 absorption will lower the pH after a few days and hardwater will be less affected by this.

I did this, but didn't come up with much unfortunately. One company wanting to charge me £85 for a 1 ton bag.

The nearest Wilko to me is 21.15 miles away via city bypass then motorway. I don't drive... But I see they do online shopping So, that's seed potatoes added to my shopping list too now

I am fortunate to have 2 US clients who regularly travel back and forth across the pond so obtaining seed is not a problem for me but I rarely ask such favours.

Go to the local chip shop and ask for some old potatoes sacks. That's what I use to keep mine, still eating what I harvested in September kept in a cold garageChip shops are glad to get rid of them as wellDave

April 2015 i became the proud owner of 4 twigs. I potted these twigs - 3 apple and 1 pear. Later that year they produced a couple of branches and a few leaves. The following year (last year) i got a bit of fruit off two apple. The other apple did produce a few very small bits of fruit, but tiny...

Thanks both for your comments, I will try to find the older stuff at the horse stables, good job you said that Jack, great tip saved me a lot of weeding.Thanks Zigs as always great adviceCheers

Now there's an idea !!

Also, peppers branch a lot and keep dividing into two as they grow, kind of in a "Y" shape. I grow my peppers in a polytunnel and at first I used to just get many small fruits and I thought I could not grow them.Now I prune, when the stem divides into 2, I prune one out and I continue to do...

Shop bought barely have any taste! My guess would be they're harvested early before they have time to develop fully