Edible Gardening

The top two (potato & cabbage) do look like caterpillars, have a good look on the underside of the leafs, they are very good at hiding and camoflague.The lower two (beetroot and pepper) look like Flea Beetle:

They can be a mix...I only have one Blueberry bush and it's fruited reasonably well on it's own but I will be getting another when I get around to it...I got a large order of Buxus hedging from Scots plants and was very pleased with the service

I can`t say I have had tremendous success this year too, agree probably to dry at a vital stage, we did have a hot/warm spell around Easter, I think. I have the best drying and the smaller cloves going back in for next year, I don`t need so much since O.H. died, so plenty for me.

I know! I would have chopped them down and ended up with stumps next year! Thankyou everyone for your help on this. :-)

I severely lack that, I'll give e a few weeks before I start poking around looking for spuds ha!

Oooh Matron

Peppers also don't like the conditions too dry, which is what you usually get indoors. They should be OK outside. As the plants get bigger they may need potting into bigger pots. If the roots are coming out of the bottom of the pot you can pot them on.

Oh ok I'll do that then. So that means I can't plant any more brocoli or cauliflower of the same. Writes right? It's a bit of a shame, since the brassica family is so large. At least they have a long growing system so my veg patch won't be empty for too long, I might try planting garlic or...

Been to the allotment today. I bought sweetcorn to plant, there was 30 in the tray, I replanted them 2 days ago & they are all having a major huffy!! Havent got a pic but will try get one later on.Theyre all bowing down - unfortunately not for me as am hardly the queen of gardening !Why oh...

Hmmmm weird fat controller. My mum killed ours by watering it with tap water because she forgot it should only be watered with rain water lolIf you wanted to get another one yougarden do three 9cm pot plants for £20 so at least you will have two back ups lol

well, it turned out that the flower spikes were the least of my worries!My bulbs got massive, couldn't believe the size of them. I reassured myself that the onions with the flower spikes could be used to make an onion gravy with the middle spike/crunchy bit thrown away until i started to...

I don't bother, there are more productive things to do instead

Thanks for your reply! I've noticed that my posting was badly worded. The trees that I’ve, finally, decided on are as follows (I had no idea what they might be when I asked the question, which is why I didn’t say!):- Pear - Conference 10'-12' in 10yrs Damson – Merryweather – choice of...

I think I'll stick to a couple of dustbins, a fair bit cheaper!I've heard you should swear when sowing Basil seeds as otherwise they won't grow

The feeder roots are at the top so put it into the top of the bags.

This year I thought I'd try a Monogerm variety 'Solo' ...still needed thinning out though but maybe not as much.Still worth growing from seed though

@Lorea I may well try that this year, although maybe instead of direct sowing I'll sow in pots.

Sounds like a good thing to do Harry

That's really interesting I would never have thought that, when mine were ready like you I just pulled them all up, ate some and froze the rest.... a new learning!

Now that's a good tip, thank you @Loofah