Edible Gardening

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I had bought 12 packs of strawberry crowns, tiny dead looking things - someone had gotten them wet I think and in the plastic they rotted. I had half live and half die so bagged the dead ones in the bags which I had kept and returned them for two more bags which looked as bad. I planted those...

They fruit on last years wood so anything you cut off will not fruit this year - but I would whack it to be in line with the rest of the plant. It will not hurt it. Ph is the main thing with blueberries, 5 is about right, so very acidic.I cut two new long and leggy plants like that to less...

About the best general veg and fruit growing book I've come across is "The Vegetable and Fruit Expert" by Dr. D.G. Hessayon. It won't answer all you questions but will give you very good general guidance. I was given a copy about ten years ago and refer to it frequently. I was in our local Tesco...

Seems it's quite good for you too. Coming from an Irish family, we eat a lot of this (with boiled bacon) as kids.

Celeriac mash

Our greenhouse has all auto opening vents (5 on one side 2 on the other ) so the temp doesn't get too warm in there at the moment - but when there big enough to pot on ill try and keep them cool

BTW, that's a nice gert big Onion

Thanks Kristen Will endeavour to get them sown tomorrow.

Not invasive, no. Mine pushed itself half way out of the ground, and grew the other half of its root into the ground.

Ah, I get it now!

I usually grow Stuttgart from sets and they are normal sized (around 4" diameter), they store well and have a flat bottom, that's as much as I know.

I don't like the job of making a salad, but I can't possibly let the lovely endive out there go to waste. Sown 25/8 last year, no protection whatsoever, it has stood happily throughout the winter. I have been picking leaves from it regularly to add cold-weather salads, and still it is...

I checked today and it's not bleeding. So I won't have to rush round applying tourniquets to all the stumps.

Pickled beetroot ,yes please love it.Also beetroot steaks roasted (boiled beetroot,them cut into steaks coated in breadcrumbs ,ooooooooo. Beetroot also makes a very good red wine with ginger.

Garden Pearl is a good one for hydroponics and limited space as it stays low. You`ll need to raise the light for single stem toms to prevent burning the tops.

I was just about to go and buy some of this netting the weekend just gone and then forgot to. Low and behold I found more than enough debris netting in my shed to cover my screens.Then yesterday I noticed my neighbour having a clear out and then ask if she wanted these. Turns out they fit my...

Zig, I really don't think the brick contraption would fit in with the rest of the garden as the rhubarb patch is pretty much worked into flowers and herbs, but the willow hurdle might just be the idea, if I can source the material. Never done hurdling (is that the word?) before but love to have...

If your last potato crop was grown in bags was infected with blight then you should be able to kill off any remaining nasties by soaking them in a solution consisting of 10% cheap/'Value' bleach and 90% water. Or just buy new 'rubble bags' from a DIY shed, or re-use ex-compost bags.

Nice one! Good luck at the Boot Fair this weekend