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`t think that they are melons but I could be wrong - - -  Ideas would be appreciated   I am envious my courgette plants have not grown at all, what is your secret? You can get round yellow courgettes.  Why not pick one and cut it open?  Sounds like a Squash

vegetable plot and my newly planted squash plants were eaten over night. Now all I'm left with is a selection of decidedly miserable-looking stumps with a few scraps of leaf clinging on for dear life. Of course, the slugs are happy as can be. They're full

I want to know if anyone ha been successful growing other veg in the green canvas bag that came free with potato two years ago. I would like to try some thing like courgettes but I am not sure they would do well in it. Any thoughts please Hi, last

, the young shoots need clipping two or three times during the growing season. Dig out lawn weeds, such as daisies and dandelions Watch out for greenfly and blackfly on developing plantsCollect hellebore seeds from ripe podsAround the gardenPlant out

lots of rotted manure dug in and I can reach it with a hose so the shading of the brassicas is my real concern. i dont see why not they dont take up a lot of spreading room as they are tall xx   I've never tried it, I 've heard you can grow squashes

sorts, peas, tomato, 1 for squash_ cougette, squash, sweet corn, cucumber Buy a good book on veg growing and plan carefully before you start Good luck Yes, divide it into 3 or 4 equal parts so you can rotate crops and avoid building up pests and diseases

. Thanks for your help. You sure can grow courgettes on compost heaps as long as there's plenty of sun as figrat says. Squash and pumpkins, too. Look at the number of volunteer veg that pop up from compost heaps. Good - all of the compost heaps are in full

(in this weather"!)  which have not been fertilised.  Is anyone else growing this variety or have you had experience of them in the past?   What else do you have growing nearby? Butternut squash but tiny, no flowers yet (flippin' weather).  Nothing

It's almost a gardening tradition to plant courgettes and other cucurbits in the first week of June. I love planting courgettes, pumpkins and squashes when the weather warms up. I get a bit twitchy in May as the plants get larger, their leaves

it into growth up to eight weeks early. Top up bird baths with fresh water dailyRecycle your Christmas tree at the local council tipCheck closing dates for any seed catalogue discountsAround the gardenSquash mistletoe berries into apple tree branchesCut down old