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Never tried before. I've tried to grow my own slips from sweet potatoes, but just ended up with a shriveled rotten stinky mess.
I found some plants in the local garden centre, so bought one and popped it onto a large pot.
I will feed it once a week and keep it watered. I've no idea what I'm doing!

When I met Bob flowerdew many years ago, he recommended a greenhouse and said it was a climber, so not having a greenhouse I never realy bothered again. Now I've found out that some grow it as ground cover, and the leaves are edible.
So, I'm just going to see what happens. The pot will sit on a makeshift column, and allowed to trail, rather than treated as a vine climber.
We'll see what happens. Wish me luck! It wasn't a cheap plant.
Thanks for the reply good luck with them and be good to know how they grow, hopefully a few feeds for you.
 
Lots of folks onions are bolting around here.
Daughter just messaged to say she has an unanticipated crop of allium flowers and looks forward to harvesting the seeds which she reports are tasty.

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If I harvest my early nettle crop, how long can I keep it stacked outdoors while I find out how to make cordage (about which I know nothing). I could easily leave it standing but will it deteriorate (for making said cordage)
 
Have you grown Sweet Potato before Woody Girl? Just curious what sort of crop you get as I have never thought of growing them but wouldn't mind giving them a go.
I've grown them several years ago with some success. I tried four varieties and, IIRC, T65 did the best as it was a variety bread for our cooler climate. I also recall that you get bigger tubers if you grow the plant up something, if left to trail it will root and may not produce large tubers.
 
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Lots of folks onions are bolting around here.
Daughter just messaged to say she has an unanticipated crop of allium flowers and looks forward to harvesting the seeds which she reports are tasty.

pee ess
If I harvest my early nettle crop, how long can I keep it stacked outdoors while I find out how to make cordage (about which I know nothing). I could easily leave it standing but will it deteriorate (for making said cordage)

Gently bash them and extract the fibres ASAP, then you can leave them to dry, neatly coiled and hung somewhere untill you are ready to start learning how to make cordage.
All you have to do then is give them a quick wetting to work with them.
Once you get it, it's easy.
 
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Our garlic is in, but today we’ve had a harvest from the greenhouse:


The red and chocolate brown chillies are medium hot and very versatile, but those little yellow ones are lemony/fruity and are seriously hot! You only need one chopped up in a saucepan of chilli con carne or sausage stew etc. We have several varieties of tomatoes, and though a lot of them are done now, we grew some from the seeds contained in Napolina tinned Italian tomatoes. Those plants have grown and fruited rather late, even in the greenhouse, but the flavour is amazing.
 
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It's been rather a short growing season here, late cold spring and it seems an early autumn. Anyway still managed to get some decent crops. Tonights dinner below - our last aubergine along with tomatoes, shiitake, shallots, garlic, chilli, carrot, leek, french and runner beans. All ended up in a nice stir fry.IMG_20240916_181441022_HDR~2.jpg
 
It's been rather a short growing season here, late cold spring and it seems an early autumn. Anyway still managed to get some decent crops. Tonights dinner below - our last aubergine along with tomatoes, shiitake, shallots, garlic, chilli, carrot, leek, french and runner beans. All ended up in a nice stir fry.View attachment 90403

Whats your set up for growing the Shitake? Logs planted upright ? Would like to grow more Fungi.
 
Whats your set up for growing the Shitake? Logs planted upright ? Would like to grow more Fungi.
The logs are just leaning against a wall at the moment. I've not done anything special with them but they should be kept damp and out of full sun. I put a photo of a fruiting log in your old thread and that log is currently in the kitchen and the shrooms are being cut off as required. https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/fungi-dowel-colonization.155097/#post-2075335
 
Been busy sowing and planting out today. I'm way behind, but things will soon catch up.
Broad beans, chard , leeks, are all in the ground, and seem to be happily growing on.
I'm going for more flowers this year, and have bought some bee and butterfly friendly flowers for the fairy garden under the rose.
Calendula and nasturtium in the front garden, along with a mixed seed packet with cornflowers, poppies etc.
Hanging basket of nasturtium for the back fence.
As for veg, peas, beans and parsnip, beets, globe artichoke, (a new one for me this year) Jerusalem artichoke, (also new)sunflowers, sweetcorn, courgettes, hanging basket tomatoes. Much more to go.
Saw my first honey bee today, supping on the dandelions and damson flowers.
Oh, and another new fruit, i bought a rather sad looking honey berry last year. Its recovered very well, so that will be going in too.
I love this time of year. Its so exciting when you pop out to the minni greenhouse in the morning and see those wonderful tiny green shoots just peeking through where there was nothing the day before.
 
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I managed to plant our 1st early spuds during the week, potted up some onion sets and sowed my toms etc.

This time of year I'm glad I planted a patch of wild garlic in our woodland several years back as it's a good size now and provides an almost and endless supply of leaves and buds. We've also got a good crop of nettles which I'm considering watering as it's been so dry!

Another success from last year is a perennial kale from Real Seeds, Sutherland Kale, which has produced some very edible leaves and some splendid broccoli type flower buds in the last week. Hopefully plenty more to come.
 
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Yep, spuds are in, leeks, broccoli, courgette, peas, and beans, all in the cold frame. Not doing cabbage this year; around here it's just slug food :(

Sadly, wild garlic is not natural in this immediate area so I've not put any in the wood.
 
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I am growing impatient and restless!
We had a really nice week with spring days, sun and nice temperatures only for king winter to kick us in the family jewels yesterday, today and the coming week.
 
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