Thank you Mole! Yes, I'd thought it best to harvest this year's already developing fruit, then will set to later this year. No doubt I will consult you again as the pruning guru

That is absolutely heartbreaking I was feeling glum at this morning's loss of 16 junior cabbages but that puts it in perspective...

A mine of information (as always ) thank you very much! I will take my morning cup of tea outside and have a good close look.

Tucked away in a ocrner of my garden is an old gooseberry bush of at least 15 years of age (more I'm sure). Until now I have never touched it as I've never had the confidence to prune and guarantee survival. It is about 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Fruiting has continued but, predictably, on outer l...

Just to update that, following a couple of weeks of peering at the bed I can finally as new growth emerges!

Thanks Jenny! will google away

The vegetable waste compost heap is progressing well but I was wondering how I can deal with other food waste which crops up, most notable meat based left overs which can't be re-used we've suffered from furry vermin in the past so don't want to risk anything lying around to tempt them

Thanks and fingers crossed

Just been out for a look around and discovered that my new asparagus bed has had some disturbance; it appears as though three of the crowns have been pushed upwards by a mole and several spears broken and/or eaten through by someother visitor The crowns are one year old and been in the ground since ...