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'Daylilies are edible' I said to our guests. 'So we're going to dig some up this weekend and eat them.' Everyone was very positive (although they may have been secretly googling 'are daylilies edible?' behind…
I'm creating a super-list of the best vegetable varieties to grow. Out of curiosity, I threw myself on the mercy of Twitter. I asked the garden and allotment bloggers which one vegetable variety they wouldn't…
Yasmin Hossain makes natural dye from garden plants. She uses it to dye beautiful silk and wool fabrics. And I believe that grow-your-own dyes from garden plants is a trend that will grow enormously in…
I've just learned how to dry chillies Italian-style. If you stroll round the ancient hilltop towns of southern Italy in October, you will see strings of chillies drying everywhere. We're all growing more chillies now,…
'Laura has an orchard in the garden,' said my friend, Rosie, over a gin-and-tonic. Firstly, Laura and Rosie live in the same street in the market town of Faversham. The road is mainly Victorian, with…
Could you double or treble the amount of food you grow in your small urban garden? I visited a garden recently which packs layers of fruit, vegetables and herbs into every corner of a small…
Espaliered fruit trees are probably the smartest trees to look at in winter, with their tailored elegance. [caption id="attachment_5755" align="alignnone" width="800"] As smart as anything from a Saville Row tailor - an espaliered pear at…
I watered my growing courgettes, along with the rest of the garden, before going to Spain for four days. I was really surprised by the courgettes when I got back. [caption id="attachment_4960" align="alignnone" width="600"] This…
Would you like more grow-your-own veg? Can you improve your harvest once you start picking? Yes. There is alot you can do at this stage to increase your yield. Now is the time to make…
Have you been just slightly disappointed by your home-grown fruit and veg? In the last two summers, I've grown celeriac with no roots, blighted tomatoes, stunted sweetcorn and lettuces that ran up to flower before…
Have you got a vegetable garden plan? Are you growing the right vegetables, herbs and fruit? The ones you will really eat and use? Or are you wasting about half your seed budget because you're…
Could chillies be the perfect grow-your-own veg? If you're thumbing through seed catalogues, wondering what to grow, homegrown chillies really make a difference to your cooking. And they're super-easy to grow, even in pots on windowsills.…