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garden grew veg and flowers intermixed, i am trying this, this year so have planted cabbage, onions, sweetcorn and lettuce in amoung my perenials in my borders. Can anyone tell me if they have tried this and what results they had and did they experience

. Not encouraging for next year planning is it?. I start my Chinese cabbages now as any sooner and they bolt.  Watch out for cabbage white butterfly though as they will love them - I fleece all my veg which doesn't need pollinating.  As the cabbages grow, tie them

distorted in any way?  No, there is no distortion in the leaves of any plants.  For instance, the peas, which have grown pods but have no peas within them.  The best-growing plants, if I can put it that way, are the cabbages and cauliflower, which

. The first week we started this we collected and disposed of over 100 slugs! This idea was suggested by a nursery that grows Hosta's. I can confirm that our Hosta's and bedding plants have remained in full contact with their leaves since the start of nightly

here 4 years and it doesn't seem to be growing tall like a tree. Could it be something else? I think it's only certain varieties that grow taller, such as the cabbage tree.  I know mum had a red one (but lost it the year before last over the winter

their cousins the cabbages.Adam suggested imperial fritillaries, which can have quite a foxy odour, especially on sunny days (they too have a smelly relation, the stink bell, Fritillaria agrestis, which grows wild in the heavy soils of California). But his wife

curve this year. I've had lots of courgettes and some peas a few pepers, onions lots of tomatoes,some cabbages too.  And have growing in deep pots (2ft deep) carrots, leeks and parsnips all seem to be doing well.. The purple sprouting brocilli got eaten

Anyone else started to plant veg out side yet. Had a walk round allotments this afternoon when rain fainly stoppped kmow one has anything in apart for spuds and onions. Planted my cabbages/broc/callie out today hope they will be ok. Gunna wait till

that you grow through the summer and then harvest throughout the winter, like Brussels Sprouts, winter cabbages such as Savoy and January King, and Kale.  Summer sowings of chard will stand most winters and provide you with pickings in mild spells

that the stems don't break in the wind and have space to grow.AdamWatch our for cabbage white butterflies and wipe off any eggs they lay on the Canary creeper's leavesMore on growing climbersHow to grow annual climbers from seedCreate a sweet pea pot displayGrow