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    Cost of courgettes

    Today in Tesco, 3 smallish but not baby courgettes £1 (not organic). I've lost count of how many we've picked, and reading the posts about gluts and what to do with them, it sounds like others are the same! I wonder how much the producer gets of that though.
    OH was saying about how much we've had from the garden, moneywise, just a couple of days ago. He was amazed to see the prices in Tesco. Nice to know he appreciates me, even if he ducks out of doing anything in the garden
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    Its been a good year for them....I always feel sorry for the farmer.
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    • #3
      We have been having courgettes with everything as have our neighbours and relatives!! Hubbie likes them now though as does son and heir
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      • #4
        Dunno how much the producer gets from the supermarkets but if the supermarket decide to do a BOGOF or reduce the price, it's the producers share which is cut first, not the retailers.
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        • #5
          As one whose gardening is... severely limited... courgettes are only purchased when on special offer (usually 'reduced for quick sale'). The same applies to other 'luxury' veg. In season, there are so many 'spoecial offers' that I sometimes wonder why I TRY to grow some for myself....
          This week I bought courgettes and asparagus, 'normal price' about £3.50 for the amount I bought. I paid 50p.
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          • #6
            A few years ago I started keeping a record of what I harvested and how much it would have cost in the shops. Sadly I didn't keep it up, but even for the time I did I was amazed at how much my produce would have cost if I'd bought it.

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            • #7
              Courgettes, French, broad and runner beans, new spuds and eggs feature largely in our diet at the moment. Also perpetual spinach and salad. We've been waiting for them for 10 months, we won't get fed up with them--we won't, we won't!

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              • #8
                its disgusting the price of veggies in the shops...
                Dont worry about tomorrow, live for today

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                • #9
                  i have just picked the 1st 2 courgettes today. they are about 5" in girth and about 6" long the best i have ever managed to grow .so impressed i gave one to next door with some small onions.
                  a good put down line to use !

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by butter fingers View Post
                    i have just picked the 1st 2 courgettes today. they are about 5" in girth and about 6" long the best i have ever managed to grow .so impressed i gave one to next door with some small onions.
                    Shirley, that's a marrow ?
                    Sent from my pc cos I don't have an i-phone.

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                    • #11
                      5" girth is about 1½ across. Not exactly enormous.....
                      Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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