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You are stranded on a desert island but able to grow your own (thank goodness!). Out of ten packets of vegetable seed you can take one packet of seeds with you - which would you choose?
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31Bean9.68%3Brassica9.68%3Carrot/Parsnip3.23%1Courgette/Marrow12.90%4Onion6.45%2Pea3.23%1Potato19.35%6Pumpkin/Squash12.90%4Sweetcorn12.90%4Tomato9.68%3The poll is expired.
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Pumpkin. If it grew big enough I could hollow out and use as a boat to get off the island
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I voted brassica, but specifically it would be kohlrabi.Last edited by Capsid; 21-07-2008, 01:01 PM.Comment
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courgette/marrow- they produce lots and I could escape on a raft made from the marrow shells
Although I guess if I grew sweetcorn I might be able to use it as bait to add roast seagull to the menu?Comment
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Pumpkin for me. Once I've eaten the contents I could carve a face and create myself a friend to keep me company a la Tom Hanks in Castaway.A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
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onion for me,it can be used to flavour most things,and if you get hay fever from the pollen,it should help clear the nostrils,especially if you get a strong un,maybe a bit of garlic for the vampires,he,he he,being in the onion family?sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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Potato, the one thing on the island you may struggle getting is carbs, there will be fish from the sea, coconuts obviously, but there is little in the way of starch and the body needs carbs to run properly. So purely because my body would miss them, potatoes. Plus there are more recipes for potatoes than shrimp!!(forest gump)
Potato also stores very well in sand....aah not just a pretty face eh!!Last edited by Mikey; 21-07-2008, 01:55 PM.I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.Comment
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definitely potato, cos so far they're the only flipping things that look like they might produce anything
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Have you seen The Mighty Boosh episode about Milky Joe...the funniest thing ever!Originally posted by HeyWayne View PostComment
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Tomato coz they're so versatile in cooking but also wonderful eaten raw. Really though, I'd like to take asparagus seeds and a vat of butter.Cheers
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Sweetcorn I think!
It's not ideally suited to Geordieland but I might have a chance with it on a desert island!
Corn seed can be kept for the followwing year (in case I'm there a while!
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It dries ok.It is suited to a variety of recipes, you can make flour from it, it is an energy food and most of all............I love it!
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I'm with T-lady regarding the asparagus seeds, but I don't think I'd like to stay on a desert island for 3 years waiting for a good crop that only lasts 6 weeks. Think it'll have to be pumpkin. After all, you can have it savoury or sweet and the seeds are good "nibbles" too. The leaves and stems might be good dried to make a roof on a house (who am I kidding!!! 
) The empty shell can be made into a scary mask to scare away any animals that might want to eat me before I get chance to eat them
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I agree with onion because it 'goes with' everything, although sweetcorn also has advantages. You can let it ripen into 'real' grain and make bread, you can save seeds from the fully ripened stage (to ensure continuity of supply), it would make a tolerable staple.Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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i went for carrot..cos u can cook them like potatoes or have them raw...Comment
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The potato got my vote as well - I also happen to be very fond of the good old spud in its many versatile forms.Comment
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