I had to share this as I made it yesterday and it was divine! Butternut Squash and Carrot soup The baking of these vegetables brings out the sweetness of the squash and the wonderful flavour of the vegetables. Ingredients 1 butternut squash 1 red onion (chopped) 2 shallots (chopped) 2 medium carrots...

that sounds nice - I have a tree full of plums too

Thanks very much

I am glad you approve of our choice of greenhouse It is a small one - 8 by 6 as that is all we have the space for Thanks for the replies about the power supply - I have not thought about propagators although it is pretty obvious really I will definatley put some power in and maybe a bit of water too...

thanks very much - I will try the Dorset company

I am looking to buy a couple of blueberry plants to keep in pots on the patio. I have looked at Marshalls and they have Ozark Blue and Bluecrop. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best plants to get for a garden in Sussex
Thanks

Hi I have been reading this forum and seen the thread about heaters and comments about electric ones being good. My greenhouse is being delivered in a months time (I can't blinkin' wait!!!!!) but first I am having the pation built and then the base buit so if I need electricity, now is the time to g...

I get some pear and ginger from the local shop and it tastes divine, but we have a pear tree dripping with pears so I would like to have a go
any recipes/advice?

I would be interested in that recipe too

I timely post for me - I also have a glut of green peppers in the conservatory - presumably if I leave them on the plant they will rippen. I have not grown them before

thanks for the replies.
The seeds are not triangular so I think maybe it is sprouted radish as they are a peppery.
I will have to give it a go
Thanks

My Mum has just come back from Sweden and she says they add a sprouting seed to their salads that she says was radish although does not sound like it to me. It looked a bit like a beansprout but tasted a bit hot and was crunchy, about an inch long and white with a little yellow or green 'ball' on th...

I own horses and it is a big problem to find someone to take the muck heap away - each horse generates a wheelbarrow full a day so that is alot of waste!

I will deffo be growing my usual Blue Lake climbing french beans. They see to like our conditions - I try others but get dissappointed so go back to old favourites! I will grow fewer chilli and pepper plants - I only have so much room on the conservatory window sill I will not bother with spinach or...

I have a similar question - I harvasted carrots a few days ago and they had not been got by carrot fly depite no netting (lucky me I think!) I was going to but some netting on now I have disturbed the carrot and realeased the smell the carrot fly finds so irresistable but I was worried about trappin...

Hello there I am Lottie Lou and have found this fab website from reading the KG magazine. I have 5 raised beds in the garden - not huge but enough work for me. I get such a sense of satisfaction nurturing the plants and picking the veggies. A carrot that has been out of the ground for 10 seconds tas...