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Just wondering what everyones views are on what exactly "traditional" allotment veg is?
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No idea, why do you ask? Suppose it could be potatoes, carrots, cabbages etc rather than the tomatillos I'm growing on mine.
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Just trying to put together a picture of a "traditional" British allotment maybe 50 years ago.All vehicles now running 100% biodiesel...
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Ah, that'd be my grandad's plot then.......... Remember it about 35 years ago and then it was very much the big open plot with no pathways / beds and contained sprouts, cabbage (but not that new fangled red stuff!), carrots, swede, spuds, onions, parsnips, peas, beans (runners and broad but none of those new fangled foreign ones from France.........), lettuce (soft green ones only) and probably not that much more. He also grew toms in his greenhouse at home. Everything was very basically coloured and shaped, nothing unusual at all and I'm pretty sure he grew exactly the same varieties every year. Some of this could have been down to the fact that him and my nan liked simple food but some of it may have been availability also.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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Owt you could bung into a soup or stew, I reckon!
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When we first got our allotment I was up there early in the morning and one of the old timers came over to chat. he asked me what I was putting in the bed and when I said cauliflower replied 'Oh, proper veg then, that's good'. he's never commented on any of the more unusual stuff we've planted since.Comment
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In the garden, My father used to grow potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, turnips. And lettuce - of course!
As he grow older, the constructed an eccentric greenhouse from parts of old windows and he grew really nice tomatoes in there.
He grew marrows one or two years, but as he or the family (1) had no idea how they were used and
(2) when they discovered how to cook them, they didn't like them,
he didn't use them - instead he sold them to a local market trader - this was back in the 1980s, so he got a nice return on them.
Nowadays, I grow courgette and we all love them - have our palates grown up or have we just got posher?My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)
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Grandad had a huge garden and he grew potatotes, onions, shallots, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, peas, broad and runner beans, cabbages (red and green !), cauliflower, marrows, celery, PSB, outdoor tomatoes and cucumbers and a variety of fruit. My Gran used to make jams, pickles, chutneys and bottled fruit. She also made wine - elderflower, parsnip, dandelion and apple. Happy memories of her scullery and the Kilner jars of fruit and the great big jars (like the display jars you get in sweet shops) full of pickled onions, piccallili etc.Comment
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I'm a bit surprised by PSB - I think I always thought of it as a relative newbie to the veg plot. How interesting.Originally posted by susieq100 View PostComment
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Nah, PSB is an oldie, just one that the supermarkets have decided we didn't want and therefore a newby to many people. Ate loads of it as a kid out the garden or from a market stall.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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My uncle grew the traditional stuff you have all mentioned and that was 50 years ago. He never referred to his plot as "the allotment", he would say "Just going up to the gardens". He also produced magnificent chrysanthemums at Christmas time.Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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Well, there you go, thank you. It just goes to show what impact supermarkets/ market forces have on what we eat.Originally posted by Alison View PostComment
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I'm making a stew today and it contains amongst other things, green bellpepper, chilli pepper, garlic, achocha, Highland Burgundy spuds, Green Zebra and Brandywine tomatoes, bird's egg and cherokee shelly beans - not what my Grandad grew!Originally posted by Snadger View PostOwt you could bung into a soup or stew, I reckon!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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That told you Snadger
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