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plants which tends to bolt such as lettuce, pak choi, parsley (mushrooms). They seems to cope better in a shade. We had reasonable results with french beans, peas, nasturtiums, swiss chard. Carrots were a bit small. We also grow runner beans on sunnier

. If people are lucky enough to have cow parsley growing in their garden then that's because cow parsley has evolved to grow well in our climate and our soil.Very pretty annuals, that come from South Africa, ought to be growing in South Africa: they don't like

fruits.Both greenhouse and garden are developing well, proving yet again just how much fresh produce can be grown in our gardens. And that's the aim of our Grow Yourself Healthy campaign, to show people how a little planning can turn their gardens

rotted manure through it sometime soon. I want to turn it into a veg garden, but the wall is the issue. If i were to grow trained fruit trees against it would they take all the goodness from the veg and would their roots be so big as to interfer

. But the reality is that so many artichokes sold in this country are old and tough.Artichokes do take up a lot of space - about a metre per plant. But if you love their taste, growing your own is the only thing to do.  If you don't have a vegetable patch

, want to try them again but am worried they will fail again is it me ? Also seeds that you plant this year that dont flower until next year like echinacea, do you still plant them out this year or grow them on in pots for next year ? Hi Buttercup Seed

. The difference isn't in the variety, but the way they're grown. Supermarket herbs are forced, in optimal conditions, so grow larger much more quickly than garden centre herbs. Garden centre herbs, being grown more slowly, are sturdier and stronger plants which

to do as well which is 2 packets of different courgettes, flower sprout, Carrot, parsley, dwraf french beans, beetroot, leeks, 2 varieties lettuce, cauliflower, and 2 packets of different broccoli, onion. Then there is the cut flower which is aster

spinach left now Cake I made other day, does that count No, that doesn't count- would put a smilie on there, but this is my first post and I don't know how that works yet!The reason I asked what we are eating fresh now, I wondered if the poor growing

) I have a very similar problem, I have rocky clay soil and don't really want raised beds. I have found the best remedy is to plant something with large stringy root base like parsley or certain types of ornamental grass. let them grow for a season