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. Indeed it was so perfect that another trailer load has now appeared - the first batch having been added to the main growing beds. This time the fruit is benefitting; a good, deep carpet of the stuff has been applied around the raspberries and fruit trees

to get to grips with some compacted soil around the raspberries, they were preparing the ground for planting. I soon noticed that the last of my sweet peas in pots had disappeared (they should of course have been planted out ages ago). I found them

would say Zinnia as well I'm growing some called Raspberry Lemonade, more pastel shades....they've just started to germinate Rosa pulcino wrote (see) This may have been listed elsewhere, but if you enter GW through the BBC web site, and not through

savoury plant in the beds, it also grows very well in cracks in the old concrete path.Later, while I'm admiring the constant nectaring business, I see there are several species. The red-tailed, Bombus lapidarius, is there in numbers, as too is the white

to begin diggin a fruit bed dug for my raspberry canes i can't see how or when i can do it. Question: Can i tranpslant the fruit canes from pots later? Last may i got my first alloment very over grown after a lot of hard work i manage to grow leeks

Things really move up a gear in May when you're growing your own. With a greenhouse bulging at the seams, I can't wait for the risk of frosty nights to pass so I can plant them outside.Tomatoes, courgettes, sweetcorn and other tender crops

have only just got an allotment and we are planning on growing raspberries and blackberries any suggestions on which are best to buy and grow? Any tips welcome. Kelly, It depends on what you are wanting. My favorites are the Lock Ness blackberry

is ASDA, not tried ASDA's own, but they are doing the big levington grow-bags for £2 each.  Not opened the levington bag, but used one of the Aldi's own growing bags when I planted raspberries, mixed it with the topsoil (needed to as I dug out half a sink

I wonder how many of you out there grow mulberry trees? Probably not enough of you. I have vivid memories of the first mulberry tree I came across in the grounds of a big old house in Surrey.My recollection is not one of the great horticultural

Growing your own brings a host of benefits, like better freshness and saving money. One of the most important to me, is being able to choose specific crops that have the very best flavour.I think, what's the point in buying supermarket produce