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All can be reinforced with iron rebar stakes, which are far superior to wood stakes because they never rot. By midsummer, the structure that underpins a terraced vegetable garden disappears as it is overrun by exuberant plants.

I like to restore my haggard tomato patch with a cover crop of mustard , which can reduce disease carry-over when it is quickly chopped up and turned under. By the time planting day comes, the soil will be as crumbly as chocolate cake.

Delicate fruits such as peaches or nectarines need very careful handing to avoid bruising. This is easy to do if you are gardening in a drier climate or under cover, but in wetter conditions one option is to sever some of the roots to slow the flow of...

Check plants every couple of days and remove fruits and pods before they get too large or overripe. Continue watering a suitable organic liquid fertilizer on to hungry fruiting vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.

Protect Your Crops As most growers of cabbages, broccoli or other brassicas will know, defense is the best form of attack. If you're regularly affected by a particular pest, it can be worth looking for early or late varieties of plants which may avoid...

Spring cabbages are sown from the second half of summer to harvest the following year. Some types have a smooth, almost glossy appearance, while others like the Savoy cabbage produce deeply crinkled leaves that are perfect for mopping up sauces or gravy.

Easy DIY Drinks Cooler On hot summer days don't forget to quench your thirst with all manner of smoothies, cordials and lemonades made from garden-grown fruits and herbs. Consider the look and feel of the bench, which will become a feature in its own...

Then factor in that daikons are a pickler's dream, whether you ferment them in a salt brine or turn them into spicy Vietnamese-style refrigerator pickles. Asian radishes grow slower than little salad radishes, so they are best planted about eight weeks...

As you'd expect, there are many thousands of chutney recipes. Like a fine wine, chutney matures with age as all the ingredients meld into a delicious symphony of flavors. Cover them with paper bags to stop them getting covered in dust.

Rutabaga growth slows as the days become short, and the oldest leaves often shrivel and may be cut away. I like to sidestep hot summer sun by starting the seedlings indoors and setting them out when it's cloudy, but the seeds are such willing germinators...

...And the Worst Vegetables for Seed Saving Avoid saving seeds from the cabbage family. Saving seed from F1 hybrids won't work either, which because they are created from two separate parent varieties simply won't come true to type.

They are a whitish colour, with a wooly surface and purplish-brown underside. Don't use a wound paint or wrap to try and seal the wound. Make pruning cuts to an upward-facing bud to prevent branches from drooping too much when heavy with fruit Some plum...

If you don't have a dehydrator you can simply dry your fruits by threading them onto lengths of fishing line or cotton thread, spacing them out one by one like miniature Christmas stockings.

Get around this problem by simply placing the end of the hose in a watering can so that it fills as you pour. The best setups use drip irrigation or soaker hoses to deliver water right at the base of plants, near the roots.

Planting Second Crop Potatoes Second-crop potatoes take about three months to reach maturity. At this stage cut the foliage off and put it on the compost heap. Keep them on a cool, bright windowsill.

Their smaller fruitlets may be thinned using just your thumb and finger to detach the surplus. We need to thin them to just one or two fruits per cluster. Aim to leave one fruit every couple of inches (5-8cm), or if it's easier, one pair of plums every...

It's that time of year again, when wafts – nay, clouds – of whitefly lay siege to summer favorites like tomatoes and cabbage. Here are five tactical techniques to help you banish the bugs: 1.

Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Spacing Single Plants: 5" (15cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 3" (10cm) with 5" (15cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Set individual cloves in prepared...

Managing Outbreaks: Striped cucumber beetles are difficult to hand pick because they are small and prone to flying away. Floating row covers are the most dependable way to protect plants.

Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Borage Aphids (General) Slug Snail Borage attracts large buzzing insects that dominate their air space. A good companion for any crop that needs strong defense from insects.

Dig and move perennial onions every fall. Preventing Problems: Floating row covers (fleece) are an effective way to prevent egg laying by adults. They lay eggs at the base of onion plants, and the larvae tunnel into onion roots.

Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Harvesting Dig roots in fall or early spring and dry outdoors, because they release an unpleasant smell as they dry.

Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Lemon balm can be transplanted from early spring to early summer. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Lemon Balm...

Harvesting Cut tulips to use as cut flowers just as the buds open. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Perennial candytuft makes an ideal companion plant.

Most gardeners buy ageratum seedlings, but only dwarf varieties are widely available as bedding plants. Notes Blue ageratum provides excellent contrast when combined with flowers with orange blossoms.

Harvesting Pick regularly as soon as the fruits turn color but are still firm. Notes Bushy determinate plants can be tied to stakes, but long-bearing indeterminate varieties need a sturdy cage or trellis.

Notes Thin seedlings to proper spacing when they are 4 inches tall. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Germination often takes up to 2 weeks.