The Edible Garden

mothernature · Post by **mothernature** » 15 Apr 2010, 21:11

I just caught this on iplayer, what a lovely show!

Ive seen Alys Fowler on Gardeners' World and always liked her style of gardening, and this show has given me some more tips to try growing veg again.

Lat year had mixed sucsess, though my purple sprouting brocoli and a bean plant were the clear winners!
I like how in this show, she plants the veg as part of the garden amongst the flowers.

silky · Post by **silky** » 15 Apr 2010, 21:24

When we lived in Taunton in the mid sixties , we had a front garden, so I planted my veg among the flowers and it worked out well.

mothernature · Post by **mothernature** » 15 Apr 2010, 21:25

some of the varieties are quite as beautiful as they are tasty, so i may give this a go, mine will mostly be in pots, but im sure that will work as well

Dave NE · Post by **Dave NE** » 17 Apr 2010, 20:00

I have watched both episodes so far and learnt something from each one, the first was planting dried peas (we call them steepy peas up here) and harvesting the growing tips, the second was that you can eat radish sead pods and what did i do with mine last year, yep, threw them on the compost heap, i had a sneaky feeling she was a bit of a hippy chick when i first seen her on Gardeners world and her own show has confirmed it but i hope she can gain lots more converts to the grow your own campaign, Dave NE