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Sunday the boys and i picked and pulled, loads of new potatoes(why did i plant so many ??), little gem lettuce, radish, spring cabbage,rhubarb and our first ever cucumbers(2 of).
All gone by Sunday evening }

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" If it tastes like chicken THEN EAT CHICKEN " :- Kermit The Frog


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This morning 2 strawbs
This afternoon, an onion and loads of lettuce for tea.

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trials completed:
tomatoes
[46% increase in crop per seed sown and 10% increase in crop per plant]

currently underway:
calabrese
garlic

http://linearlegume.blogspot.com/

Yesterday :- peas, shallots, baby carrots, radish, rats tails, spinach, bronze arrow lettuce. The whole lot were chopped up for a lovely salad with new potatoes. We had scampi with it but I haven't worked out yet how to produce the scampi on the lottie.

Ian

3 turnips, another broccoli and a solitary cherry.

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

This evening, 8 rocket spuds of very decent size indeed.

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trials completed:
tomatoes
[46% increase in crop per seed sown and 10% increase in crop per plant]

currently underway:
calabrese
garlic

http://linearlegume.blogspot.com/

Another handful of alpine strawbs, 3 greenhouse strawbs, 2 outdoor strawbs and one purple podded mange tout

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

finally got some radish that hasn't gone to seed, keeping them for lunch tomorrow, lots of new tatties (very small but melt in the mouth)

Baby courgettes and spring onions - cooked up with bacon and sliced new potatoes in a spanish omelette...

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"Every day's a school day!"

Had a chorizo potato bake last night: Steam baby potatoes for a few mins if wanted to make sure they'll be cooked (em - bought these as couldn't get to plot). Chop a chorizo sausage (the U-shaped one from Lidl, Sol brand, is about right amount) into chunks and the same with a red pepper. I added a large handful of our own mangetout (which was rather tasty!!). Mix in the spuds and add a jar of tomato and chilli sauce (Sacla one with cherry toms is delicious, but Lloyd Gorssman one is reasonably good too - just ones I've tried this on).

Put into the oven at 180 degrees for about 40-60 mins. Wilt some spinach (didn't have any last night but it normally is lovely) over the top and stir through a dollop of creme fraiche.

Recommendation - have some bread on the side for mopping up juices.


Today's lunch is another box of salad leaves, with mangetout, peas and a carrot thinning from the garden (and 2 carrtos, 5 baby plum toms and 8 olives from the shops).

Today a few carrots and beetroot, plus the first of the turnips.. Keeping up with the salad leaves (just!) including lovely 'Bronze Arrow' from HSL.

Last night picked Mint to make tzatziki, and rocket to go in the salad...

'Rocket rocket every where and nothing else to eat!'

(but beetroot looks like it'll be ready soon...)

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Simon Of Kells

Picked my first broad bean pod last night, then got home and realised it was too small. Patience Glasshopper, patience...

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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Yesterday I lifted a couple of portions of Lady Christle (I spell this differently every time!) new potatoes from one of my 3 to a shrub-tub plantings - really gorgeous old fashioned new spud flavour. Peas are swelling up nicely - I keep going out to give 'em a little squeeze! Noticed a courgette set on the allotment - won't be long!

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Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

www.vegheaven.blogspot.com

Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake)

Yeyyy - I can finally join in!! Iceberg lettuce, lollo rosso lettuce and spinach last night to go with my mexican chicken wrap, and a couple of herbs to go inside the wrap. Broad beans and new potatoes almost there and the first of the baby courgettes starting to swell, oh and one tiny plum tommy too!

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Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

This morning, 2 courgettes, some radish and a lettuce! Hoorray!!!!!

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

hi when and where did you plant your peppers?mine are still at the flowere stage.

hi when and where did you plant your peppers?mine are still at the flowere stage.

leeks that were heeled in a few weeks ago and a couple of onions that had bolted for leek and potato soup.

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Andrea :wavehello

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...logs/zazen999/

moon trials completed:
tomatoes
[46% increase in crop per seed sown and 10% increase in crop per plant]

currently underway:
calabrese
garlic

http://linearlegume.blogspot.com/

The final head of broccoli from my first sowing, mange tout, a few raspberries and a strawberry.

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

only a few salad leaves today and some mint, but it is coming on nicely, even the seeds I had given up on are sprouting

2 more strawberries :-)

Today - another bowl of mixed salad leaves, with some more peas (and some shop veggies).

Last night - nasi goreng with sweetcorn, mushrooms and courgettes from the shop, but:garlic (stored) and fresh onion, cabbage, broad beans, mangetout and purple sprouting brocolli from the gardne and/or plot!!

None of our own tonight (rigatoni with gorgonzola sauce and bacon bits) - but definitely lots of our own over the weekend (probably pub grub tomorrow night).

one radish!!

2 strawberries
Our very first courgette of the season. As it was very small, I sliced it, sauted it in olive oil with garlic and ate it on wholemeal toast for a snack. Yum!