Rhubarb Flower Our Rhubarb is growing a flower at the moment. The best thing to do with these is cut them off, even though they look interesting. If you let the flower grow the plant will put all its energy into producing the flower and forming seeds, not into the juicy stems which we love to eat.
Jerusalem artichokes Jerusalem artichokes produce a large numbers of edible tubers, a bit like a small potato but more delicious. They are especially good for diabetics, as they contain no starch, the carbohydrate is readily metabolised as the natural sugar. Tubers should be scrubbed not peeled and can be boiled or baked; wh...
I love baked potatoes and hot chips (naughty me!) and they taste even better when they are made from home-grown potatoes. Potatoes are really one of the easiest crops to grow. Seed potatoes are appearing now at your local nursery. Choose varieties such as Desiree, Pink Fir Apple and Nicola. Planting time is from now throug...
Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) originated in South America and are in the same family, Solanaceae, as potato, chilli and eggplant. Originally, in the wilds of Peru, tomatoes formed clusters of small green fruit. The Aztecs called it ‘xitomatl’ and writings from that period mention it was eaten with peppers, corn ...
If you’d like to be enjoying fresh tomatoes from your garden before Christmas, start now, sowing and growing indoors so that you have advanced seedlings ready to plant out once the cold weather, and chance of frosts, has passed. Tomatoes, eggplant, chilli, peppers and cucumber will all thrive in pots inside in bright light...
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