hi jb i did pull up one of the larger ones today but it had no bulb so im going to cut it up nice and fine and mix into some butter then de stork some button mushrooms and fill the void will the garlic butter then im going to put two mushrooms together and join them using the garlic butter as a glue...

ive benn keeping fish for about 20 years now, have you done a ph test on the water and tested all nitrates etc i would certainly do a 50% water change, what size is the pond approx and what type of fish are you keeping any plants etc, all info will help me to understand whats happening. i used to ke...

i will still have about 36 left peter so im sure a couple wont hurt as an expirement

thanks peter and nb mine look like small leeks now so i might havest a couple tomorrow and give them a try. will let you know the results

so far i have three vertical grow sacks containing lettuce, strawberries and various herbs and will be soon building a ladder planter when i get a few minutes to go down to jewsons and reclaim some pallets. at the moment i am only growing what i know we like to eat but next year i plan to try a few ...

in that case then !!!

what is wet garlic and how do i know when mine are ready for harvest they have been in the ground since november from a cloves i bought in ?

hi Ballydoolagh, im on the opposite end of the scale to you with only an 8ft sq patch and some grow sacks. my garden is walled on all four sides and my only real problem are the kids playing football to close to the patch but i have found hanging them from the nearest lamp post helps until its time ...

thanks glallotments. sorry if i ask to many questions, i have developed quite a thurst for knowledge now that i a little veg patch and trying to learn as much as i can before my number is up on the allotment list.

thanks natures babe and glottments have snipped of that bud, i also planted my garlic and onions in autum so the garlic is quite large too.
is it best to leave the strawberries on the plant to turn red of take them off

what a plank i didnt see the previous post

it looks like i will have a bumper crop of strawberries this year so going to have a go at making jam if any one has a good method to help me that would be great, i pickle my beetroots and will be freezing some of my peas ready for xmas dinner.

hi im fairly new to veg gardening but all seems to be going well my onions are about the size of cricket balls one of them has a huge centre stem but none of the others do so i dont now if i should do anything about that one or not, my garlic seems to be going well although i dont know when it will ...

just a thought but if you can find an old plastic fruit crate you could bunch the plant together and feed the long stems through the gaps, the crate will then sink to the bottom and roots will grow into the silt. having your plants in crates like this makes it easier to remove and care for them in w...

hi can anyone help. My dad has recently bought some apple and pear trees, a few weeks after buying them the apple tree's have developed what looks like rust on some of the leaves, can anyone tell me what it is and how to treat it. we have been removing the effected leaves but its still early days so...

i have my lettuce's and potatoes in grow sacks as the small plot is just not big enough, have just put some pea seeds in the recently emptied 1st potatoe sack, and i also have some more starting in a propagator so hopefully they will be ready when i empty the other two sacks. Im lucky to live in an ...