[chickchick]

just eaten our first harvest ever and gosh what a difference it tastes!
we had new pots, peas and beans all from our garden and they were the best ever, especially the peas. from plant to plate in 20 mins!!
even my fussy son said how lovely they tasted. next is to chomp thru our far too many rosso lettuces!! tryed some and thats delicious too but grew far too much, we are getting to end up like rabbits!!

[peapod]

Whats up doc  

Seriously, well done, I love these posts, it makes me so excited for my stuff!! (and fingers crossed my 18yo Rustler burger loving freak of a child will like freshest veggies too)

Paula

[Aunt Sally]

It just makes you realise how UN-fresh all the veg in the supermarkets is

Well done chickchick

[chickchick]

   paula what are you growing?

[peapod]

hehe erm..let me remember (deep breath)

Hundreds of peas ( ), leeks, three types of lettuce (ill join you in a hutch party later this year!),beetroot,radish,pumpkin for the wee lad,french dwarf, runner and broad beans, spring cabbage,caulies,sprouts, loads of carrots, snips,fennel, herbs,sweetcorn,toms, chillies,peppers,cucs,swede,broccoli,squash - thats what i remember off the top of my head!
Most of which are late planted because I only got the plot two months ago
So late harvesting and patience needed - lots of it! (and a very excited post at the end of it   )

Am also going to try some new pots in a bag for Christmas just for a whirl

Paula

[chickchick]

you busy bee!!!
thanks aunt sally for those kind words, i want to grow more and more now and never go to the shops again, im totally converted!

[crowndale]

I have been digging spuds up today.  A pan full of Anya and a couple of pan fulls of international kidney.  the anya were ok but not really to my taste for a spud so shan't grow them again.  the IK spuds tough look good and they were prolific croppers, got loads of spuds off each plant and some of them very big.  the peas aren't making it to the pot yet!  I planted more this year than last but don't have as good a harvest this year.  better luck next year I hope.  the BB are still cropping after a month of harvesting so am impressed with their longevity (and taste!)

[chickchick]

ditto to the international kidneys crowndale, we found them big an lots of them, yummy, steamed with home grw mint!

[wighty]

We had our first cucumber tonight and if you closed your eyes you would of thought you were eating avocado it was that creamy tasting.

[chickchick]

yum wighty, my cucumber has rotted away but today ive noticed another 2 growing so i will nuture these big time!!

[Alex 98]

IK, big uns.... got a bit soggy on cooking though, better harvested earlier

[compostqueen]

great innit. All that hard work was worth it though and now you got pay back  

I've been eating fresh crunchy mini cucumbers every day, picked and cubed just before eating.  Luverly      They're Petita by the way  

[jack russell]

yes truley a great feeling putting the food on the table for your family to eat and getting kind remarks on the taste etc.  

[PhilRW]

"the peas. from plant to plate in 20 mins"

Come on chick, you can do better than that, fresh picked should be on plate in ten mins max!!  ;-)

Seriously, well done and you are dead right - you can't beat the taste, and do you feel as smug as I do when eating home grown stuff ?- I'm as smug as the professor of smugness at Smug University, Smugtown (as Blackadder might say much better!)

[compostqueen]

Wait til you first sweetcorns begin to arrive, you'll be quit giddy