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I would love to grow a few vegetables and fruit but the ground is hard, stony and full of grass, weeds and moss. Apparently it probably has never seen a spade in it's live and neighbour reckons I'll end up with a sore back if I try and dig it over

.....already growing in trays.Love all summer crops...carrots raw, beans raw rhubarb raw.The veg garden can look good too, as obelixx said, with red Beetroot alongside fresh green lettuce and rows of feathery carrot tops.All without pesticides, slug pellets ....just

draw up a crop rotation plan. I actually drew a rough outline of where I was going to grow this year's crops in the autumn, before putting in the onions and garlic. Typically, I never got around to finishing it off.My crop rotation plan comprises a

appreciate people who do manage to grow good crops and the craft of gardening. We all make mistakes when we first start gardening. Mine was not putting any slug pellets around some Asters. My dad was in hospital at the time and asked me to put them in, which

few further details have emerged this morning.... "This will be a gardening version of the Great British Bake Off. Filming will take place from April to September. Eight allotments will be built for couples to grow seasonal crops such as carrots

How can you tell when red cabbage is ready to harvest and do you know any recipes for pickled red cabbage? Toe Can you grow them at this time of year. How long should I keep the netting on my runner and broad beans and other seedlings? My red

I have just decided to try gardening, i have dug up some lawn roughly 12ft by 15ft. I have runner beans,onions,carrots potatoes and strawberrys. My strawberrys seem to be doing well,iput them in a grow bag last year,mead holes in the bottom so

this into the existing soil in the beds, and perhaps mix in some more bulky organic compost (or home-made compost) at the same time. As always, don't add fresh compost to areas where you intend to grow root crops, like carrots, as they can become forked and distorted. i

with the biological control Steinernema carpcapse.With heavy infestations, use an insecticide based on pyrethrum (only use once a season on crops).brassicas and nasturtiumsearly spring to autumnCommon problems when growing vegetablesLeatherjacketsCaterpillarsCarrot

to improve, so then will the crop.Baby courgettes fail to develop. Instead of growing into a long or round shape, they quickly rot on the plant.Pollinate the early batch of flowers by hand, rather than relying on insects. Pick an open male flower (which doesn