Hmm this seems to have foxed everybody as well as me. I'll throw some ideas into the pot to see if anyone agrees or disagrees. Possibly pH could be a problem so if I put in some extra manure this autumn then lime in spring would that work? Another could be cold spring soil conditions, is it worth tr...

Help please, my onions just give up when they get slightly larger than set size! I live in the Highlands above Loch Ness and have been cultivating part of an old field, brassicas, tatties, peas, broad beans and roots (except beetroot grrr) do very well but onions and shallots seem to start off well ...

Many thanks Arthur, I spent Christmas and New Year in Macduff so I've a bit of an idea of how cold Peterhead is. Wasn't it cold just before Christmas... I've contacted Highland Polytunnels and there is one on the way!!! Also ordered a huge number of fruit bushes to go on our sunny bank, just hope th...

Thanks Geoff and Jethrotattydrill for your advice. Jethro please can I ask which peas and beans you grew? I guess that French beans would have to be under plastic (having lost a crop in Reading in May due to a late frost) but would dwarfs be better than climbers? I grew Trout and climber Coco in Rea...

Hi
I have moved to the Highlands just outside Inverness from deepest Reading and am about 600 feet above sea level. Could anyone give me a clue as to which fruit and veg do best at this height? I'm also hoping to get a polytunnel soon.
Thanks
Mole