can anyone help please

[Russian Doll]

Yep! You can grow them in a dark cupboard.
I got a kit from a garden centre (or was it wilkos?...i can't remember) and it was £5. Not sure i got £5 worth of mushrooms from it, but there y'go. I used spores (also bought from somewhere) to reseed the compost and they did quite well too.

thats great thanx...we use mushrooms in most our recipies so that will cut costs ...

[the.fee.fairy]

Don't expect to get a huge amount though - i got probably 5 handfuls out of one kit. It is probably worth you getting some more spores afterwards to use, and then dump the compost after the second lot (or use it to grow something other than mushrooms in).

[mrsflibble]

all I can say is, don't stick a load of herbs where you've put your aloe collection or they too will die a horrible painful death.


and do you want me to bring another aloe plant with me next time i come to see you?! please say yes.

[Russian Doll]

all I can say is, don't stick a load of herbs where you've put your aloe collection or they too will die a horrible painful death.


and do you want me to bring another aloe plant with me next time i come to see you?! please say yes.

lol yes please hunny....although i pulled it in to check it the other day and it still has nice thick aloe leaves

[red]

I noticed woolworths have little mushroom kits for 2 pounds something..

what about sprouting beans etc?

[possum]

Definitely bean sprouts, used to grow those as a kid, great fun and they only take a week or two so they won't get bored.

Do you have a staircase that you could utilise? you could try growing some nasturtiums up the walls, you can eat the flowers, leaves and seeds.

[Russian Doll]

I noticed woolworths have little mushroom kits for 2 pounds something..

what about sprouting beans etc?

how do they work..is it the same as runner beans ..tissue and water

[Millymollymandy]

There's nothing wrong with calling anyone Hunny, Tea! Just me getting a bit confused (as usual) .

[possum]

I noticed woolworths have little mushroom kits for 2 pounds something..

what about sprouting beans etc?

how do they work..is it the same as runner beans ..tissue and water

I've not done runner beans, but for bean sprouts you want mung (moong) beans. put them in a container about the size of an ice cream tub, you will need say enough beans for a cm deep, cover with water, leave for a day, change the water, leave for a day, the almost drain the water and cover, each day I change the rinse them, just leaving a little in the bottom. Don't leave in a sunny spot as they may go off an ferment. Also don't put them on the radiator.
They are done when you think they look big enough, with a root and a pair of leaves.

Also if you really have no way of growing veggies outside, then consider foraging, no matter where you live you will be able to find dandelions and nettles.

[Russian Doll]

cool im off to but mushroom kits and bean kits tom....always been a bit worried about the foraging though...im not very good at knowing whats safe and whats not

[mrsflibble]

**waves** HELLOOOOOOO TEA! where do i keep saying I'll take you? local nature reserve.
what have i said I'll do? impart all of my (ok limited) forraging knowledge on to you!!

you could always become a "freegan" and go raid the bins behind your local co-op on a saturday afternoon. most co-ops get their main delivery on a sat morning...

And if you do decide to sprout moong, can we go halves on a bag? I'll make us some body scrubs with my half.

[Russian Doll]

**waves** HELLOOOOOOO TEA! where do i keep saying I'll take you? local nature reserve.
what have i said I'll do? impart all of my (ok limited) forraging knowledge on to you!!

you could always become a "freegan" and go raid the bins behind your local co-op on a saturday afternoon. most co-ops get their main delivery on a sat morning...

And if you do decide to sprout moong, can we go halves on a bag? I'll make us some body scrubs with my half.

deal hunny.....ill be buying the beans at the weekend so maybe we can both go out on saturday ...also never thought about the co.op...but we do have a rat run by the shops so they may get in to the bins...free foods cool.....black death/plague not so good