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my corgettes have been doing well for the last 2months, must be the sunny seaside weather! I'd love to know what I can start growing now - either to produce veg for the winter - or to get ready for spring. I am new to growing veg being lucky enough to buy a house in an acre of la...

As a rule I grow beetroot and have  no problems, its usualy left in the ground until the frosts . This year I did like wise   I went to harvest some real beauty's. Beauty's until I lifted them out . Every single one had been eaten away

I would have thought that blanching soft fruit would make it go mushy and difficult to keep separate when freezing I never blanch soft fruit.  Blueberries, black and red currants just go in a plastic bag or tupperware and get frozen whole.  Raspberries and blackberries need to be...

Is it possible to cut a cucumber in half and leave the top half on the plant to continue growing while you consue the other half. I find I am throwing away 75% off my crop as I cannot eat it quick enough. I do not have time for fancy pickling etc as I come in water my pots then s...

I have a greenhouse that came with the property and even after close inspection have no idea of the manufacturer.  It has 'square' metal guttering built in but the downpipe kit that supposedly fits all doesn't.  Can anyone point me in a direction to find a suitable kit?  I must a...

I love the first harvest of the new season - it's so welcome after the long dark winter. For a while now, I've been harvesting winter veg, such as leeks, kale and cabbage. These stalwarts of the plot have meant we've had fresh veg for soups

Thought I'd try saving french/runner bean seeds for next year, how difficult can it be? Gardeners have been saving seeds aince Adam was a lad, so left some on the plants to dry. It's been so wet though some are going moldy on the plant so I've picked them all and put them in the ...

There’s something wonderfully irrational about clearing snow in order to dig up vegetables. One of our Christmas rituals is to leave the wrapping paper behind and take a walk to the allotment on Christmas day to harvest some parsnips. I don’t know

I have vowed only to grow early potatoes anf harvest them before the dreaded blight, and only Gardeners; Delight or similar tomatoes and yellow varieties which were the only ones that escaped the blight. I too will be growing my veg, plants indoors

the Christmas decorations to the shed this morning - always a tinge of sadness - I stopped off at the greenhouse to harvest the last of our Christmas potatoes.We planted a variety of spuds in pots and compost sacks when we got back from holiday at the beginning