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Old 29-06-2009, 07:49 PM
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Default My most successful courgettes ever

the slugs and snails seem to have taken this year off - what a difference it makes!
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Old 29-06-2009, 09:27 PM
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Looking good FoxhillGardener. Enjoy.
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They look really healthy. Great pic.

I didn't do courgettes, but given your success and my lack of slugs or snails I think I might next year.
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Look great, I took off my first courgette today, going to cook it later for a snack!
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The slugs aren't liking the hot weather are they? We got aphids instead this year!

My courgettes have only been in the ground a fortnight, but they are romping away and have a big flower each
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I've never had any success with courgettes before but read on here they like their roots warm so planted one in a large pot full of chicken poo and have already had my first picking. Those yellow ones look great FHG, I'll try them next year.
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Old 05-07-2009, 07:48 AM
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The yellow ones are producing even more then the green ones.

I was going to try Nigella's Happiness soup with them but it has rice in and himself doesn't like rice. Weirdo. What would be a good substitute do you think? small pasta shapes? some sort of grain? pearl barley perhaps. Any ideas? I suppose it should be yellow to stick with the theme
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those courgettes look lovely FHG - I'd say a small pasta shape or some linguine pasta broken up?? Enjoy!
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