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Spuds don't make me envious 'cos I've already had some of my own You'll have to do better than that!
And I've done Hazel's broadbean pods and lettuce (another Drunken Woman of course!!)
BUT jayjaybee's courgette and broccoli are turning me green
Funny though, VC the seed pkt for the broc said it was 'autumn' so I wasn't expecting it so soon, will be trying this variety again next year.
Jen
Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!
One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French
Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club
first ever round courgette (tondo), globe artichoke (now I need to work out how to cook it) and gooseberries. First peas eaten directly out of the pod but almost at the last of the broadbean crop.....
I've had calabrese, peas, broad beans and tons of sweet peas from the tunnel over the last month, but outside is a bit more slow. I've got 2 courgettes ready to harvest, had a bowl of ripe strawberries, and a handful of peas. All the other soft fruit is beginning to ripen but it'll be a little while yet.
First Mizuna, lettuce, spinach, rocket and radishes = mid April
First cabbage, potatoes, courgettes & strawberries (made 5lbs jam) = beginning June
First cucumber = about 5 minutes ago
beetroot bolted as did the chard, probably too late to sow more now so a sad shortage of beetroot & chilli relish this year.............unless I buy beetroot(wash my mouth out!)
Shona, globe artichokes are lovely - shake and put in cold water for earwigs to hopefully come put and then we boil - anything up to 40 mins depending on size of it.
The other half makes yummy hollandaise to go with and then simply pull each 'leaf' off eating bout finger nails worth on each one. Scape choke out and devour yummy heart. Ours really really late I year, so very jealous! Dare I say I think better than asparagus, tho other half doesn't agree.
Had 3 cucumbers in last few days that guiltily gave two mini ones to guinea pigs. But that was plan to be able to not spend any money on cucumbers at 79p a pop from supermarket. Noticed first rond courgette will be ready in day or two.
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