Thanks Plum Pudding. Nice to know I am not the only one. Rather disappointed as I was looking forward to eating my own celery which looks delicious in the garden!

Thanks very much for your reply. I did water fairly vigorously throughout the drought but notice my squash which are planted close by are only now deciding to fruit - too late I am afraid for this year. So perhaps it was the excessive warmth this year.

Hi Earlier in the year I bought 12 small celery plants which I duly planted. They are self blanching and look absolutely wonderful in the vegi patch. Lots of leaf etc. but the stalks are very thin and they are completely hollow. The plants I have pulled, one of which seemed to be going to seed, are ...

Thank you Geoff and Oldherbaceous for your replies. I think it might be squirrels as we have one or two around who are very cheeky. The netting is made of plastic and seems to have bits missing around the area of the holes, which would suggest an animal rather than it is old and weak. I have tested ...

Hi I put up a fruit cage this year to cover my raspberries and a couple of fruit trees. I used some netting (green plastic) that my father had used some years ago but which still strong and servicable. Since putting up the cage large and small holes keep appearing all over the cage - i.e roof, sides...