Edible Gardening

See a pic of my garden below. The garden faces south and this pic was taken just a few mins ago. The two temp raised beds to the right will be positioned in the next day or two. The nearest one gets sun from 7.30am - 4pm and then a filtered bit of sun around 6pm.The other gets a little less...

my drainage seems to be fine, the pipe is set at a downward angle, so too much water runs of, the other thing i did, which may not show in the picture, was to make each place bigger than it needed to be, then when i planted the strawberries, i put the crown at one end and the roots take up all...

keep a eye out for frost, but you must let the leaves develop more then cover and just leave the tips showing , then wait at least 7 to 10 days then cover again but leave the tips showing , carry on doing this until they are at the top , thats what I do

Question in the Rose forum Hi Guys,I was hoping you might be able to help me. I am a complete Gardening Novice. And am thus making a lot of mistakes but learning a long the way. In march I bought some, rasberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants in the sales from B&Q. Not knowing what I was...

Last year was my first growing veg, I grew peas and beans. This year that same bed has good soil as I had added a little compost. I now have two more beds available, and I want to grow Broccoli - Sun king F1, baby leeks, spinach perpetual.Both these two new beds have extremely heavy clay soil...

I thought the same but worth a try. I have sown seeds for flowers that attract bees and butterflies. Just wanted something in the interim whilst my flowers grow.

Agree, all root type crops dislike being transplanted. They are so quick from seed, why bother?

Another thing is to give them a dash of sulphate of potash in June to help the bulbs ripen for storage.

Re potted my dwarf fruit trees this afternoon. First opportunity I have had. They are now in a compost/soil mix. Given a good drink and I hope they are ok with being disturbed. Will reduce the frequency I water - wont be easy.

I grow them in a row they did not need an support mind grow more like a small bush nothing like a pea really so the pods are really easy to pick

One of mine has flowered too, I mulched it earlier on in the year with very well rotted pig manure & watered it. I removed the flower as soon as I spotted it & have given it a really good soak, left it over night then this morning I gave it another water with some organic fertiliser, now I need...

Bum. Best get me some slug traps set up!

I'm glad they sorted it for you. I've used Premier Seeds and they have always been very good.

if you want short-rooted carrots then Amsterdam is ideal it is also perfect for freezing. if you want long-rooted carrots then you want New Red Intermediate. as for onions i use white lisbon (which is a spring onion), Bedfordshire Champion and rjnsburger.

i wouldn't put them in the growbags until they are tall enough (7-10cm) just to make sure they make it. I would then put only small plants in there otherwise if you plant tall ones you will need to stake them and since grow bags are very shallow you may struggle.

About the furthest point from the coast in England, and that's where my frost pocket, outskirts of village plot is, as far as you can get from warm coastal temps, in my village it's generally 2 to 3 deg C below overnight temps in the local town, and very often it's another 2 degrees lower...

Courgettes creep along the ground as Carllennon says. You can train greenhouse cucumbers however you want, traditionally folk train them up canes/strings so they can get quite high. On the other hand you can buy so called 'ridge' cucumbers for growing outdoors that you just let creep along the...

Think it might have been January. They were still definitely very dormant.

Thanks! Have done that now. Was surprised how pot bound they were so hopefully they'll do better now

Last year I successfully grew witloof chicory. I sowed it in June, dug it up in November and planted the roots in buckets in a shed. Now I can eat lovely salad: witloof with (cooking) apple and olive oil - easy, seasonal, lovely!I do seem to have left some root-bits in the ground however, and...