My money is on Slugs, they love both the leaves and fruit of peppers.

Jerry

Thanks, off there to get some mozzarella tomorrow for another aubergine recipe so will pick it up.

I have numerous monsters to deal with like this:





Jerry

Never thought I would say it as the season seems to have been very slow compared to last year, but I now have loads of aubergines ripening, some of them huge! These are the classic black variety Black Beauty. We are eating some fresh on their own or in dishes such as moussaka but wondered about othe...

Have used one for years and swear by them.

Jerry

Took delivery of my passata machine yesterday and tries it out on 5 kilos of tomatoes last night, the kids loved turning the handle to squidge them. I was amazed at how a huge pile of fruit was reduced to little more than a cereal bowl of skin and seeds along with a huge bowl of juice. (It was very ...

Herby I would love to jack in the current job to be a travel writer! But then how would I manage my garden greenhouses and allotments????? 2 weeks away in summer is plenty long enough without making loads of work to catch up on!!!!! Jerry (Back to the tomato sauce on the hob, cant wait for my new Pa...

Just thought some of you might be interested in this years holiday, we have just returned from 2 weeks in Umbria staying at: m This is a quietly located converted farmhouse near Perugia/Umbertide/Magione 800 meters up in the Umbrian hills with fantastic views. The flight out with BA from Gatwick and...

I get good results now that I have adopted the approach of sowing in drills filled with compost rather than simply in the soil. Germination rates are good, the row is easy to see and hoe around and thining the crop is easy. I am on heavy clay so normally not best suited to root crops. I now get nice...

I second Ferline, this is my 3rd year with it and it is doing very well again.

The fruit can get large, 4 to 5 inches across but most are 3 to 4 inches. Good flavour and colour.

I also grow marmande but find it is prone to blight and greenback. Nice flavour though.

Jerry

Yes, that seems a little high, especially on the corn.

4oz of pellets a day and 1oz of corn per day is about the level they need.

So for 6 hens 24 ozs of pellets and 6 of corn.

Jerry

It is a bit of a hard one to answer depending on how they are kept. I have 4 hens, they get layer pellets in the morning when they are restricted to their run. On average they get through about pint of pellets every 2 days. Not sure of the weight, sorry. Then about mid morning or lunch time they are...

I think there is a definate variety impact. I have 6 types on the go, all treated exactly the same and only San Marzona have shown BER on the first truss. Sungold, GD, Ferline, Maramande, Tumbler, etc have all been fine.

Only trouble is Marmande is suffering from Greenback!

Jerry

Might get some one excited!

Never tried the salt either but would think it is hard to get the water/salt to stay on the leaves, brassica leaves are generally water repellant, water beads on the leaves and then runs off the surface on the whole.

Just a thought...

Jerry

Just made 2 pints of this.....yum!

Any ideas for making ice cream with it?

Thanks

Jerry