Thanks for all your replies, I will be ordering seeds online this evening, will add carrots to the list, and take a chance on the rest, I think.

I'm going through the seed box to see what we need. Anyone able to help me out on the keeping qualities of leeks, carrots, lettuce and brassicas? They are only a year or two out of date.

No-one could have been more suprised than me when I found we have grown some lovely caulis. I tried them once years ago and got precisely nothing (except leaves), and having read of the difficulty people have in getting good results I gave up. I like cauliflower, but not that much. The secret(s) of ...

Morning everyone

We have grown Sarpo Mira for the last few years for their blight resistance which is excellent, but we usually mash our potatoes and they do make a very very sticky mash We will probably try something else this year.

Lady Christl are tops

Oh Peter, I soooo agree with you

This is my one big pet hate. I think of myself as reasonably tolerant (others may disagree!) but this is just so so stupid, there is no sense behind it whatever.Grrrrrr.

They look great to me, Geoff!

Thanks everyone for your tips.

Thanks Sally and Tony, I shall have another go, I feel a bit more optimistic now

My Fine Young Man and I are just finishing off the Christmas sprout stem. Its about the only veg we buy in, everything else is homegrown. He says we should eat more sprouts and I agree, they are lovely. We have never had much success growing them though. I think we should have another go. So to all ...

I'd love that, Colin

I love wasabi peas, wasabi nuts and wasabi wasabi

At the moment I am enjoying some dark chocolate with sea salt in it, a lovely combination. Does anyone else remember chocolate covered pretzels? I loved them too, but they weren't around for long.

Isn't food great?

Ouch!

Just paid ours, £30.25, and its a big plot, and includes a hedgerow with apple and plum trees. Sorry to sound smug...

Anyhow, I baked the under-ripe aubergines with tomatoes, onions, garlic and cheese and they were OK. Not as good as ripe, but better than wasting them. So now you know .

Pum[pkin cookies sound good . My family celebrate Thanksgiving every year, and that is our big family get-together, rather than Christmas. This year, three of us made pumpkin pie, and each one was very different. Most of us like it, luckily! I got a bit carried away and decided to use all the pumpki...

We have a couple of blueberries in large pots, the second year one is Goldtraube, I can't remember which variety the new one is. They have both fruited well this year considering they are young plants. They only had Osmacote slow release pellets in spring, and were kept moist all the time (I keep th...

You have inspired me to have a go PP, we will have space in the tunnel. How did you get the sweet pot to root? Did you cut it up first? And did you pot up the shoots in the end, or put them straight into the border?

Yeeuuggh . Reminds me of my student days, watching someone eat a battered sausage, he bit the end off and the grease ran out like someone had turned on a tap...