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I pulled one of mine up last night just to see what it looked like. It was about the size of a small shallot. It looked like one as well but the intense garlic smell was unlike any garlic smell I have experienced. In a good way that is. I sliced it up (inside was more like an onion than a garlic) fr...

I will thank you.

Exciting isn't it...Getting seeds for nothing. It really puts the 'ish' into selfsufficient.

I think the original was Tescos :)

Hello.
I er found an old cabbage core in the compost bin that had started to sprout so... I planted it, just to see what happens.

Now my question is this...
Will I be able to get seeds from this plant when(if) it finishes flowering?

I dug up my path at the end of the garden last week and put french beans there instead. :)

I'm going now, I only came back inside because my thumb and forefinger is stinging like buggery.

I read once that you can pick nettles if you grasp them firmly. I thought I'd have a go. Guess what

Thanks. I forgot to mention that i've got a ton of mixed lettuce growing too.


Why am i inside when I should be outside weeding?

...grow carrot tops and harvest the seeds?

I'm just wondering if it's possible. It's just that I spend ages seiving out my carrot bed, bought a pack of seeds and I've only managed to get five plants from the packet.

Hi. My name is Ian and I just had to join as most of my google gardening searches point to here. This is my first year at veg growing. I've ripped up the lawn and planted potatoes, carrots (I was going to build a one foot fence aound the plot and staff it with ants armed with assault rifles to comba...