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bluebells. This year the achillleas, next year? who knows Broad beans, chard (it would be spinach if the stuff would grow for me!) Roses,roses, and just a few more roses. What about roses Artjak? Can't grow them here....wish I could Verdun, I think I

to slugs. I have had made four sowings of beetroot and spinach and no luck. Runner beans sown in cold frame, were planted out, gale force winds struck and what was left was finished off by slugs. Onions have gone to seed, whilst my rhubarb is growing like

My spinach in pots has two long leaves each at the moment. Any tips for what to do next? I have bought a organic grow bag and I have cut x holes in the top and planted lettuce and herbs. I have tomatoe plants waiting to go in when the weather

, maybe because the soil is acid/sandy, on the edge of a heath?) Even the spinach beet and lettuce from seed did really well. The usual advice is to grow food that's expensive rather than cheap to buy, but I got huge satisfaction from feeding my family of four with my own

? when does the new series of gardeners world start? It started yesterday, Friday 9 March.     You can always see it on I-player. last year i had over 40 cucumbers in the shade with little sun, they are great! We grow runner beans,brocoli, broad beans,spinach

Hi I have just moved to Shetland from the Midlands, I have brought my plants from my old garden to see if they will live ...(you know the old 50-50 chance live or die) but was wondering if anyone know what plants will grow well up here, I'm also

crops, such as lettuce, radish or spinach, between big, slow- growing crops, such as sweetcorn or winter brassicas. The idea is that the quick crops use the spare space before their neighbours grow large enough to cover the soil (don’t try this on deep

it will bulk out the top end of my garden and breathe some life into the ground for the autumn? firstly what will grow well in the shallow soil? i should have 4 maybe 5 beds cut out by the end of the week,what should i be looking to put in them to get started

(junglseeds)  The purple podded plants are about 5ft tall and don't seem to want to stop growing.    Aslo have Pea Sugar Snap(simply seed) and pea's 'early onward' (Wilko's) these are at least 4ft tall and in flower. I've picked the imature pods to encourage more flowers

 across the country.  But £2.97 per kilofor brocolli!!!!!??   So with this in mind and hoping we have an Indian summer this year, I am going to sow some seeds now in the hope that we a better crop in a few weeks time.  I thought I might grow the earlier variety to see