Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mandycharlie on June 13, 2007, 12:35
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I thought it would be quite nice to hear what you have eaten.
So far we have eaten...
Peas
garlic (very young in a pea rissotto, which was scrummy)
radishes,
lettucs, various varities,
broad beans in their pod stewed in white wine and tomatoes
strawberries
raspberries
new potatoes
cabbages
cauliflower
various herbs
and just about to eat our first courgettes as they have just flowered. (I made a hot bed and started them on their)
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so far we have only eaten some rosemary and cress.we were late putting a lot of stuff in but we are looking forward to eating the parsnips,cabbage,lettuce,carrots,pupkins,butter nut squash,spuds,and all the rest of the herbs which we have grown they just have a little bit of cathing up to do.
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Mainly lettuce and strawberries at the moment, We have had a few radish that I filled space with, but am patiently waiting for the onions,parsnips, carrots, beets, raspberries, potatoes,broccoli, beans and peas.. and cabbage and leeks much later on.
I feel very behind with some of you eating peas and beans already, my dwarf french beans are only 8" or so.. peas are catching up a bit now, about 2/3 fts high now.
Lots of herbs have been eaten too, chives, mint, thyme and rosmary.
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... is pretty similar
Lettuce, various
Beetroot leaves (in salad)
Radishes
Garlic
New potatoes
Raspberries
Strawberries
Carrots
Herbs
Rhubarb
Cauli - albeit the size of a hen's egg!
:D
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looking forward to eating the parsnips
Leave your parsnips until after the first frosts. :)
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LOTS of Rocket, quite a lot of Coriander and approximately 11 radishes.
Not exactly Egon Ronay . . .
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lots of rocket, lettuce, spinach
few strawberries
pot of radishes (about 15)
lots of herbs (chives, mint, coriander etc)
leave from where i thinned out my chard....
looking forward to trying the first onion tonight!
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Pretty similar to the above, though given how the plot is new its all fast growing salad items at the moment!
Lettuce
Rocket
Radish's as fast as I can pick them!
More lettuce!
Parsley, Chives, Oregano, thyme
More Lettuce!
Pak Coi!
Strawberries (never actually make it home!)
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looking forward to eating the parsnips
Leave your parsnips until after the first frosts. :)
i have heard that before but not sure why you have to leave the parsnips till after the first frost/
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Not much yet,
onions
mispoona
lettuice
rocket
cress
chillis (from an overwintered plant I grew last year)
various herbs
Hoping for our first potatoes this weekend and can't wait for our first peas!
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chillis (from an overwintered plant I grew last year)
Mmm ... I'd like to try that. Can you please post details? container size / light / feed / water etc
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Rocket, Rocket, Rocket, Rocket...... think I overdid the Rocket :tongue2: they're turning into the equivalent of Courgettes last year :tongue2:
Radishes
Spring Onions (only 5 of the first batch germinated :/)
Half a dozen lettuce
Corriander
Parsley
Mint
Basil
Baby Carrots
Everything else will be late due to the first germinations dropping dead due to me not being able to water them for six weeks, or going into the ground/pots weeks late.
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New potatoes
Lettuce
Radishes
Strawberries
Broad beans
Nothing too exotic but still taste good.
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I ate some rocket whilst thinning out my lettuces, then found slug pellets on my fingers so I've eaten that too (organic though, and I'm not dead yet)
You leave swedes and parsnips till after a frost as the cold makes the plant release sugar for energy.
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i have heard that before but not sure why you have to leave the parsnips till after the first frost/
BG has it right. Parsnips build up a store of starches to sustain the root through the winter. The starches are not particularly tasty. Only after a few frosts does the parsnip start to convert the starches into sugars giving it the flavour we all know and (some of us) love.
Similarly swedes.
If you want to eat them sooner, you can simulate frosts by putting into freezer (unwashed) for an hour. Then out. Repeat 3 or 4 times.
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Our plot was only born a month ago, but we have already munched on a few radishes and some baby rocket leaves. :)
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salad leaves
herbs (basil, lemon basil, thyme, sage)
a few strawberries
1 dozen blackcurrents (only planted the bush this year)
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lettuce
spring onion
radish
cabbage
peas
broad beans
strawberries (came home with 2.5 lbs on tuesday night!)
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broad beans
garlic
sorrel
spinach
lettuce
Strawbs
4 cucumbers
New potatoes
Rhubarb (forced and normal)
purple peas
radishes
globe artichoke
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Strawberries
Carrot Parmex (grown in cold greenhouse from seeds this year)
Sugar snap peas
Kenyan Fine beans
Purple pod french beans
Courgettes
Lettuces - all sorts
Radishes
Hispi Cabbage
Marketmore cucumber
Wild Rocket
Oriental quick growing leaves
Pak Choi
Chives, Rosemary, Mint, Basil, Thyme all grown this season
Nasturtium leaves and flowers
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Basil
Mint
Rocket
Watercress
Rosemary
Thyme
Flat leaf Parsley
Beetroot (last night)
Carrots
spinach
peas
broad beans
Raspberries (last night)
Strawberries
Blackcurrents (last night)
Rhubarb
salad leaves
Having now listed it all I hadn't realised how much we've already grown :lol: :lol:
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Oranges
Lemons
Tayberries
Artichoke
Cardoon (dont like this though, grows wild!)
Lots and lots of lettuce
carrots
Loads of herbs
Spuds
Leeks
Tomatoes 30-40 different varieties but only sungold, black cherry, 42 days and early girl are ripe
Onions
Runner beans are jut ready
French Beans
Snap Peas
Pepper lots on the way but eaten Tollies sweet
Chili (still green) lemon drop are ripe
Swiss Chard
Red & White cabbage
Kale
One courgette so far
Patty Pan (eaten about 4)
lots of winter squash coming along
edible flowers, borage, callendula, nastursiam
Radish (did really badly, were like rats tails!!!!)
Eaten lots af cauliflowers, all gone now
broccoli (2 only!!! got ravaged by swede midge!)
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Wonder why I never have any time!!!!
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Swiss Chard
Salad onions
Cabbage (grown under enviromesh)
lettuce
Rocket
Baby turnips (Atlantic)
Radish
Rhubarb
Mint
Chives
Strawberries
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There you go! My goodness, you learn a lot reading these forums! I thought you kept parsnips till after the first frosts because they had a really long growing season and it was a way of telling they were ready!
Isn't it amazing that I can have got this blooming old (54 tomorrow) when everything I thought I "knew" is actually completely wrong!
We started eating Broad Beans three weeks ago! Good stuff, pig poo!
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Oranges
Lemons
Tayberries
Artichoke
Cardoon (dont like this though, grows wild!)
Lots and lots of lettuce
carrots
Loads of herbs
Spuds
Leeks
Tomatoes 30-40 different varieties but only sungold, black cherry, 42 days and early girl are ripe
Onions
Runner beans are jut ready
French Beans
Snap Peas
Pepper lots on the way but eaten Tollies sweet
Chili (still green) lemon drop are ripe
Swiss Chard
Red & White cabbage
Kale
One courgette so far
Patty Pan (eaten about 4)
lots of winter squash coming along
edible flowers, borage, callendula, nastursiam
Radish (did really badly, were like rats tails!!!!)
Eaten lots af cauliflowers, all gone now
broccoli (2 only!!! got ravaged by swede midge!)
:(
Wonder why I never have any time!!!!
Being in Beautiful Spain while I sit here and watch the blinkin' rain is CHEATING!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Isn't it amazing that I can have got this blooming old (54 tomorrow) when everything I thought I "knew" is actually completely wrong!
We started eating Broad Beans three weeks ago! Good stuff, pig poo!
:lol: :lol:
Another one for you then ... go easy with the pig manure since it contains much more copper than any other. An accumulation of copper in the soil can be a problem.
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Why thank you, Sir! I shall bear this in mind - especially since we keep sheep, too!
BTW, is it the same with horse and/or chicken poo?
Oh, what a graceful conversation!!
:oops:
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Graceful it is ... it has taken the wife many years to get me to call it manure! Poo just ain't in my vocabulary.
Copper is added to commercial pig food as a growth promoter - see http://www.thepigsite.com/pighealth/article/471/copper Might not be a problem with muck from your own pigs.
Horse dung : general use - best stuff I know for worm farming (except after you've treated horses for intestinal worms)
Sheep dung : general use but also makes a potent brew for feeding tomatoes. Hessian sackful into a barrel of water and leave it for 3 or 4 weeks.
Chicken sh*t for activating the compost heap. Layer it with wet waste straw or bedding straw & your heap just might hit 85 degs C
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Wow! I'm so impressed! However do you know this stuff? I've read books and talked to old blokes in flat caps, attempted to grow me own, joined two seperate forums and had absolutely no idea how much I didn't know!
AAAnyway, my pigs have only organic, "rare breed" nuts and fruit and veg from a local shop, so they probably have top quality poo. :wink:
Good news about chicken poo, too, we have an ongoing supply of poo/straw mix that, apparently is going to be more useful than it has previously been!
Thank you so much for being so generous with your knowledge and time!
PEE-ESS - There's a website for blinkin' EVERYTHING! www.pigsite.com indeed!
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You'll come to find out that WG's head is just full of it. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I belong to the new generation of google-enabled old blokes. All I need now is the flat cap !! :wink:
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ive been using pig muck this year with no problems at all in-fact i want to get some more because the spuds are just jumping out of it
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You'd hardly expect an accumulation of copper in one season. I am talking long term. Check google if you are in doubt
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so are you talking from experience WG or google ?
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Catty.
Not from experience no since I decided to avoid using pig muck.
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re the sh*t debate - as long as it is not too fresh - it's all good - some is a stronger than others - i have found that well rotted horse manure is a better all round muck - but pig muck is good for tatties.
my dad keeps chucks - and we have made a chicken composter under one of the coops. it produces a great material for the veggie garden.
last year i gave bags of manure to gardening friends - for Christmas presents -
re what have you eaten - i have so far enjoyed:
lots of spuds
cucmber
beetroot
carrots
lettuce
rocket
radish
horseradish
lots of herbs
spring onions
garlic
broad beans
stawberries
raspberries
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The North - South divide is obvious in the is post.
The people from the South have harvested far more than us Northerners.
It just shows what a difference the Souths warmer climate makes to the earliness of your harvest.
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Almost everyone has listed potatoes among the produce eaten so far but I wonder what varieties are most popular?
I assume that the majority of the crops harvested to date will have been 'first earlies'. I have found that a variety called 'Home Guard' does well on my plot and is quite tasty. This year, however, I have grown a row of 'Maris Bard' as well.
First results seem to show that the 'Maris Bard' has a higher number of potatoes per plant but a direct taste testing comparison results in a slight preference for 'Home Guard'.
Any suggestions for next year?
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Red Duke of York if you like a floury tattie. Good keeper too.
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i've grown rocket this year and while they are better than shop bought I think I will try something else next year, not entirely sure they are the tastiest I've ever had.
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We have eaten:
Strawberries
New Potatoes
Radish
Lettuce
Mint (on the new potatoes of course)
Spinach
and nibbled on the peas - they haven't quite made it home yet! :lol:
Yellow courgettes nearly ready too.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far.
I grew 'Rocket' some years ago and agree with Crowndale that the flavour is not outstanding.
I have made a note of red 'Duke of York'.
Anyone going to suggest a waxy variety?
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accent is a good waxy spud but for the best taste it must be ulster chieftain,as WG says red duke is a good all round early and you get lots of spuds of 1 plant.
i dug some winston today and they are very large for an early,i have got a couple baking in the oven as we speak :wink:
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Hi there,
I have eaten:
Wild Strawberries (not from te wild - grown in the allotment)
Rocket
Broad Beans (that were'nt quite ready)
Turnips (last night's thinnings)
re: the manure suggestions - for those of you who have a fish tank, you can use the water from here - it's like dynamite for plants. I usually dilute half and half with water and also use it on my tomatoes, chillies and peppers, and use it every four weeks, and ordinary tomato feed the other three weeks (also it completely stinks out my house when I use the fish tank water :shock: ).
Regards
Dawn
Regards
Dawn
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Evening all
Re spud varieties: We dug our first spuds at the weekend (got them in rather late). These were Vanessa which came free with a mailorder of Charlottes from DT Browns (http://www.dtbrownseeds.com/). Nice waxy variety with pink skins and good flavour so will grow again next year. Still to come: Charlottes and Royal Kidney.....
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For Sunday lunch we had,
home grown,
new pots, cabbage, carrots, peas, mint (i like abit of mint sauce on my veg) all with a nice bit of brisket stewed with our own onion,, and yorkie puds made with eggs from our own hens.
The sense of achievement... well... and the taste !!!! WOW, blew your mind it did. :)
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From my garden. Pentland javelin potatoes, salad made from broad beans cooked and popped out of skin, rocket, baby gem, parsley, coriander, golden oregano, thyme bacon cooked crispy, crumbled in and mint with a sherry vinegar dressing. Local free range chicken breast griddled with spicy coating,
It tasted terrible.................not. :lol: