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thanks will know that for next year, what would be the best varieties to use?

I grew purple potatoes this year for the first time & I have got to say they were lovely

I would like to grow some spuds for Christmas have I left it too late? If not which varieties are best?

it seems like Jandra & I have the same problem, I haven't used any manure on them so I know it is not that & I have grown round courgettes before & they weren't behaving like that

I'm now 1 of 3 people I know who seems to be having weird courgette growth this year, mine are giant yellow ball shaped things when they should be long thin & green, another friend has them dying before they are getting anything like a size that is worth harvesting & another is having her's ...

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Lettuce
Mizuna
Mibuna
Pak Choi
Mustard
Broad beans
Peas
Raspberries
Alpine strawberries

what's an hospice?

about a gallon

that sounded cool

Happy Solstice, was way too murky to see the sun this morning, glad I only went as far as down the road.

Has anyone here grown tea before, I'm going to do it for the first time this year with a plant I bought at the BBC Gardener's World Exhibition, I know it will need a big pot with ericaceous compost in & that I will need to bring it in on a really harsh winter, any more advice on growing it would...

ok thanks

Cherry Tomatoes & chillies look good as fruits in the border, Jerusalem artichokes look like sunflowers, tea which is camellia sinesis, flowering thyme, rosemary, saffron, chamomile, pot marigold, lavender, borage, nasturtiums, courgettes

Thanks it does, how far apart do I need to grow them?

I was always the cook in the house but since we have moved things have started to change & my other half actually spends time in the kitchen cooking, in fact he might be better than me in some things. He went from hating cooking to enjoying it, where he will come in & help out or cook along ...

I'm growin these for the first time from seed that I scooped out of an organic butternut squash, I do have seedlings but theyseem to be growing slower than the courgettes which are almost ready to be planted out. Is this normal? Is there any other advice on growing them that you could give me?