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-off this year (after 15 years, my first truly disastrous one), with the exception of this bed. It was well-mulched with rotted horse manure, water-retaining gel (ho ho - i must have mixed this in on the one day we didn't have rain) and thoroughly weeded

they get going remove the smaller plant. Then pop the whole tube and plant into well dug soil in the garden. This doesn't disturb the plant at all (which they hate), and you can evenly spread them out without the hassle of thinning them. The tube will rot

rarely had to buy veg. This year I am using grids as I think you can produce more than in rows as can grow things closer together. My beds are 4ft x 8ft.x 1ft the new one will just be for squash/courgette I found with all the rain last year that my beds

 heaps a bit at a time. Just a thought - I now have compost ready to use from last year and was thinking about using some of it to grow cucumbers and courgettes in a cold frame (later) do I need to add anything to it or is it ok as it is? Amazing how

pile of lovely loam. I would add a load of bulky organic material (spent mushroom compost or well rotted farmyard manure) if you can get hold of it. Dig it in (or rotovate? - you can hire a rotovator if the plot size warrants it) and, while you're at it

artichokes - large perennial/architectural plants where you can eat some flower 'buds' & leave others to bloom* courgettes/ marrows/pumpkins - can be great-looking plants, generally flower well & you can eat the fruit or the flowers My family and I bravely

in the year or that can be harvested in the spring?Also having recently dug over a lawned area for growing veg what can I add to the soil to improve it? I tried well rotted horse manure from a garden centre ,and it seemed to hinder plants not help them

to do it?kill the lawn then till it in. Cover lawn with black plastic to rot grass, then till it in. scrape the grass off then till it. Being originally from Peru, I can assure you, this wonderful vegetable from the cucurbitae family, is not the "lost

and boxes. My runner beans were slow in getting started but then they really went to town. Tomatoes took long time to ripen then suddenly they have all come good. Courgettes have just about finished [mildew] but marrows have suddenly romped away again. Help

is the best preparation you can give any soil. If you don't have any, a bit of rotted down manure from the garden centre will help feed the soil.There are lots of late lettuce varieties around suitable for shorter days, try 'Winter Gem'. You can plant spring