I love the Moonlight beans - but don't let them get too big as they do get a bit tough. You'll only end up throwing them away. Stick to picking them young.

Ah - that's the one...Rocambole. Many thanks.

I planted a pecular plant in the spring and now have completely forgotten the name of it. It looks like a large chive-y, garlicky, onion-y thing....comes up and then the growing tip does a complete loop and the carries on growing upwards again. On top is a thing that looks like a clove of garlic in ...

Thank you all for your excellent replies.

Does it really matter which way up - or sideways? - or flat ?? - a cucumber seed is planted?

I suffer from SAD too and a few years ago I put a daylight bulb into my bedside lamp (for reading). I switch it on first thing (when it's the darker mornings) and again at night when I go to bed. I usually read for about half an hour / to an hour - and the daylight bulb made a huge difference during...

My Moonlights were started off in the greenhouse and planted out late May and are doing extremely well. Had the first picking yesterday and they are delicious. Well recommended.

Thank you for your replies....the salt sounds promising. I'll give it a go.

Much appreciated.

I have patches of golden marjoram growing in the lawn and can't get rid of it. It started off last year, in small patches, and has spread now over a quarter of the lawn. We mow regularly, but it's still there. We've put weedkiller down too - but it's still there! And the patches are getting bigger. ...

Found this about coughing hedgehogs - Lung worm is a parasite that occurs naturally in hedgehogs but, in a healthy hog, it will be kept to a manageable level. It is when the hedgehog's immunity is low - due to disease, injury, or dangerous weight loss - that the lung worm will take hold. Lung worm c...

No I don't eat it either. Ghastly stuff.

My cats would look with horror at a bit of dry earth and stalks....they much prefer the sofa and the chairs.....stretching out so much that we have to scrunch ourselves up in the corners

I've sent for some but they haven't arrived yet. Should be the end of the month. It didn't say what variety there were.

Lightly stewed rhubarb (no sugar) is a wonderful sauce to go with oily fish, such as mackerel.

Found these people - on the web. Don't know how old the link is though but worth a try - Mick and Sue Brook Devon Marsh Daisy, Scots Grey, Scots Dumpy(black/cuckoo), Ixworth, Old English Pheasant Fowl 07717 313294 Paul Rowlston Inverness-shire Cuckoo, white and black Scots Dumpy, Scots Grey bantam 0...