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The sunchoke plants this year are HUGE. The few I grew last year were not like this, maybe they weren't in a great spot and got crowded...

New bean bed photo, waiting for soil. DH nailed some old strips of siding inside to hold them all together, and prevent soil seeping...

It looks a great crop. And I was about to ask the same question. In England there aren’t very many different varieties of garlic...

Oh oh oh some good news today! We built a new raised bean bed in the front yard! It probably won't be only beans in there, but...

Agreed, variety seems to play a central role. Probably some mysterious combination of variety and how it reacts with heat or lack...

That is very similar to the random plant sickness I’ve been experiencing. I’m thinking some varieties are particularly prone to it. I...

I truly am not one to get thrilled about *pretty garden pictures* given how ubiquitous they are all over social media (and I admittedly...

That’s beyond awful @heirloomgal. My heartfelt sympathies. It makes the one or two giving up the ghost, which I was worrying about, seem...

I’m heartened to find I’m not alone in this phenomenon. It’s natural to either feel one has done something wrong - any manure in the...

I’m growing Sunshine too from your gratefully received seeds. Not quite as far advanced as yours (sown 14th May) but growing strongly...

Years ago I did a test of sideways vs deeper planting with a couple varieties and the sideways planted tomatoes were considerably bigger...

I have a kind of sudden death issue. Sometimes one plant in a row which seemed to be doing fine, will look sick and all the growing...

Understood. Just to pursue this to the bitter end (!), have you observed that planting deeper, in whatever way, encourages speed? Is...

Will do a photo dump of the network beans so you can see how they're all doing. This is a mixture of the 2024 ones that were fails as...

I I find this interesting too. I grow tomatoes in a polytunnel in cordon style. But for me, the vigour of tomato plants, when I plant...