Edible Gardening

They keep for years if you cut them into rings and dry them

I've not tried them myself but have seen others growing on the allotments.They appear to not get as big as spring sown onions, but do fill in the gap between last years and those of the new season. So I'd say worth growing a few, but make the spring sown ones your main crop.

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Thanks Sian. I will move the pots next to the house and if we do have a really cold winter, I will move them into the greenhouse.

Might be hard to do in the middle of making Christmas Dinner, but the whole point of new potatoes is to get the water on the boil before you dig them up, straight in the pan and served with butter, mint and sea salt

Picked up my seed catalogue from the allotment shop this morning. I can't believe how cheap I can buy the seeds for compared to shop bought. Anyone else got one?

Well, I planted some plug plants of cabbage and cauliflower. .....will let you know if I have any luck[emoji3] [emoji256]Sent from my SM-T330 using Tapatalk

Blooming Eck @Scrungee what have have you been feeding them... wheatabix???

Glad it helped, but I will very very interested if you do manage to get them to fruit successfully, do let us know if you try growing and with any successes..

I bought one three years ago that came with lemons on the treeI've not had a single flower or fruit since! I've used the lemon tree feeds that are sold in the garden centres at a ridiculous price but still no luckHowever, after watching Monty on Friday, i'm going to try the simple weekly...

I went to the Harrogate flower show yesterday.There was a stall selling used coffee sacks for £1.50Bought myself one. Thought i'd put my spuds in it, its massive!

Mine were planted out at the beginning of August and are still not much bigger than pencil sized, so go for it Ariadae.

Thanks, Freddy. Appreciate your advise. These were in a raised bed and on reflection, there probably isn't enough depth to the soil before it turns to clay. I did loosen it well and mixed with compost rescued from dad's balcony that was quite stony. We spend a lot of time away and rely on an...

We have exact the same problem every year although this year it's not so bad

Not Elderberries then, they have small pips and dark juice (except for White Elderberries, but they don't have dark skins ).P.S. Try Googling Dogwood berries like these:

Yes I imagine you're right. xA

tut tut Potty ! My 85 year old mother in law is having to use her inhaler after that post

Hi All. I did post a couple of weeks ago about preparing my very small strawberry patch. I have decided to get 6 of Alice or Cambridge + 6 of Florence. Apart from having trouble just getting 6 of each I was looking at Alice and 8 different strawberry plant suppliers have different fruiting...