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What's your favourite dessert? Putting bread and butter pudding to one side, I have two favourite puddings made with supplies from my garden – gooseberry fool and rhubarb crumble. While I'll have to wait a few months for gooseberries, the rhubarb

Hi all, Last year we moved into to a "tumble down" cottage so the auctioneer called it (after we bought it) !! Which has a 1/2 acre of garden/orchard with tree lines for borders and fields to all sides. The trees have ivy growing all over them which

starts to grow giving hope to the weather being better.we had snow this morning followed  by rain and its bitter outside,glad i did the gooseberry bushes yesterday. I'm getting very fidgety now, come on spring Yes, come on spring. There are alliums

for those who hate the prickles of gooseberries - they are a cross between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant. I treat mine like a blackcurrant and prune a third away each year after harvesting. They are delicious raw and you can use them as substitutes

I've been interested in horticulture since an early age but now at the age of 19 i'm thinking of growing some fruit. Before i do so i wouldn't mind getting the opinions of others to see their views on a good fruit to start off on and how i would

Sow seeds indoorsGrowing from seed is a simple and economical way of raising new plants for your garden. While many plants are hardy enough to grow outdoors, they'll benefit from being sown indoors to give them a head start. Sowing indoors is also

can any one tell me the best type of raspberries, and also how to grow them  Autunm Bliss is a nice one, quite easy to look after just give it a good bit of space plently of sun and good living and it fruits on this years wood so just cut back

plants and preparing the bed would be welcome. I think roots will be a problem but digging them out is not an optio! Libby, I have known Currants and Gooseberries do well on a north west side but they were well off the fence and did get some sun. Most

Feeling fruityI've hand-picked a few favourites that will certainly whet the appetite - they're all tried and tested for flavour and reliability.When it comes to fruit, I'm passionate about eating and growing as much as possible in its proper season

often mix some with Baby Gem leaves to have with salmon and hollandaise sauce or a sharp vinaigrette   We love salads and I always grow a wee tapestry of green Cos and red oak leaf lettuce in spring and summer.  Looks good and tastes good as well