Thank you for the advice, I think I'll shelve that risotto recipe then and find something else for the chestnuts. Thanks for the soup recipe! Looking forward to trying that one out next year

Hi everyone, I was browsing for chestnut recipes and came across a winter nettle and chestnut risotto on the BBC website. Now, I'm a big fan of nettles and love making spring nettle soup, picking the fresh young leaves. I didn't know nettles could be harvested at this time of year, does anyone have ...

Thank you to you all for your advice, and sorry for my much belated response. The tree has been steadily loosing apples since my last post, there are still loads on the tree and (most) are beginning to look quite fat. I'm based in Lincoln - if that is any indication of the weather that the tree has ...

Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum and new to kitchen gardening too. I have a bit of a question about harvesting apples and thought it best to post in this thread (even though it is a bit old) rather than starting a new one. I moved into my house in November 09, and I have (what I think is) a bramle...