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Strawberry protection

On 22/06/2012 in forum

in regards to reproduceing.... i know how to grow them its just i,m asken if you know how trhey reproduce is via side shoots or seeds if it,s seed when do i get them from the plant Thanks. The Rocket   On a similar tack to the above I'd like to build a small


Talkback: Growing cut flowers on the allotment

On 21/05/2012 in forum

Personally I'd stay away from Nigella which now come up all over my allotment every year! im growing sun russain gaint sunflowers up and down mt plot on the borders there great massive bin lid heads plus great for the birds when they go to waste


Talkback: Growing salad leaves

On 24/05/2012 in forum

been on them from a feed point of view. Did chard as well and that worked as well I do love growing salad in pots, but the aphids seem to find it quickly no matter where I put them. How do you keep them away? I would not be without them, Pippa. You


Talkback: Allotment successes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

and my onions were vandelised by kids in the holidays so a fence is going to have to go up I grew Rocket Potatoes again this year and have been delighted with results. Last year I grew Maris Peer and was very disappointed. Mostly I grow them in tubs


Plants for small gardens

On 20/10/2011 in Plant features: Structural

and spread of 45cm.Hellebore orientalis 'Harvington Hybrids'Easy to grow, cut-and-come-again salad leaves require little space. They come in a range of prepared salad mixes, and include species such as rocket, mizuna, mibuna and pak choi. Harvest the leaves


Oriental poppies

On 20/10/2011 in Plant features: Wildlife

poppies appears early in the year, forming neat rosettes. It is overtaken by spring performers such as tulips, anchusa and sweet rocket.But suddenly, without warning, the poppy thrusts up fat buds, wreathed in hairy cases until, one morning, the first case


Early sown biennials

On 08/08/2012 in forum

the wallflowers and sweet rocket. A lot of the wallflowers have flowered/flowering, got some more on the go for Spring as well as more sweet rocket & foxgloves. I do wonder whether  those wallflowers that have been sowed and flowered this year, will they flower


Gardening mistakes

On 01/09/2010 in Plants

to live with a big empty space until June. That is not a mistake I will be making again.My third mistake is due to soft-heartedness. One part of the garden has been colonised by Hesperis matronalis 'Alba', the white flowered, scented sweet rocket, which


Potatoes (again-sorry!)

On 13/06/2012 in forum

you grow will fit into one of the types-so you can start them all of at the same time but some take longer to mature for example- early rocket,2nd early kestrel, maincrop king edward This probably explains it better than I can http


spuds,onions

On 14/07/2012 in forum

but the taste was fabulous  I would recommend them and will grow them again next year myself susan howard2 wrote (see) This year i grew Homeland as my first earlies  They were quite small but the taste was fabulous  I would recommend them and will grow them


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