Excellent, I will look forward to reading this

Thanks for posting.

I like the wording of the Guardian letter Alan. It just shows what a tolerant people we are to let the Pope get special treatment from the Queen and our Government. It might be austerity Britain, but we can still spend (waste) vast amounts of money on people who don't seem to have any idea, or won'...

I'm growing these and they look as you described them... they're doing very well 'Orange Banana' Tomato A fine heirloom tomato - orange and slightly bent! A plum type, so good for making rich orange sauces, but quite sweet and juicy - so also good raw in salads where it adds a great colour. Fun for ...

Only vaguely related I know, but how do you get living from not living. Or in other words the life must have emerged from inanimate matter which is logically speaking impossible. There are plenty of theories to explain this: start your reading here: m Thank you I've read a lot of theories, from the...

Only vaguely related I know, but how do you get living from not living. Or in other words the life must have emerged from inanimate matter which is logically speaking impossible. I for one am quite happy to review my definition of inanimate because at a microscopic level everything is just energy wh...

I've had a similar experience, my cabbages and cauli plantlets are fine but my sprouting broccoli, calvo nero and sprouts which were doing well suddenly started to look very poorly. I had a poke about and they seem to had just rotted off at the root, which makes me think over watering even though I ...

I have three 'exploding cucumber' plants that I've raised from seed, in fact they germinated quicker than the normal cues. Today they're looking very sorry for themselves and I can't fathom what might be wrong with them? Looks like I'll have to resow now which is a shame because they were doing so w...

A tad late Popinjay, but bung 'em in anyway. Think about positioning as they can grow ten feet high and can become quite invasive! They tend to becoame all straggly / untidy if left unsupported. A good variety is Fuseau as this is less knobbly than others. You will discover why they are called 'pha...

Would now be a good time to plant jerusalem artichokes? I've never grown them before and my friend brought me some round a couple of days ago, I've eaten some and I though I'd plant the rest. Any tips would be most welcome

Nature's Babe wrote:High density planting here, sides of beds used no boxes

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 864235132#

In raised beds you dont need paths between rows as long as you can reach into the middle, this saves compaction, check out this video.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching that, thank you very much for posting

I don't know why but I find it difficult to get my head round the concept of round courgettes. I'm quite happy to grow yellow tomatoes and purple beans and carrots but somehow round courgettes don't excite me. I think it may possibly be the way I cut vegetables for cooking - round things somehow ju...

It's not as though any of our politicians take the slightest bit of notice of us anyway. Would you care to vote for the blue public school boy or the red career politician madam?......

I'm a bit short on advise but that is a most brilliant construction

I do it Brenjon, if the well rotted manure was mixed into the compost just put it on top and plant in it, beans and brassicas should be ok,and you are right no root crops. The latest thinking is no-dig is better for fertility of the soil especially when combined with mulching. http://www.no-dig-veg...

I'm growing these too....I was expecting something smaller for some reason? but they are rocketing away merrily in the polytunnel!

Mine are the fetching yellow variety