[lottielearner]

I am new to all this veg growing malarky having taken on an allotment last September.. wow what have I been missing?? I thought a veg was a veg until I started bringing my own home, they even smell better than the supermarket stuff.
This site has been a godsend, loads of information, inspiration and recipes too! Tonight I have made a big pot of courgette soup all home grown, so a big thanks to all of you on here, most of what I have learnt has been from this site and John's brilliant books! So happy planting one and all, I'm off to soak my aching back!!

[Yorkie]

 

[animal mad]

i am glad someone else feels the same way, i have just started with my allotment this year and it is brilliant, i have even gone one step further and got some chickens and i love it. could i have the recipe for your soup as i have loads of courgetts to useup, thanks

[lottielearner]

You are so lucky to have chickens.. I am hoping for that when the job is no more and I have a lot more time to spare.
The recipe I used is actually on this site in the recipe section I just modified it a bit by adding some carrots - guess where they came from??!!  hee hee hee

[Green as grass!]

This is my first year having an allotment too. I talked my husband into helping me at first as it was a lot of heavy digging. He agreed to help until i could manage on my own but now i cant keep him away! Have finally relented and am now calling it 'our' allotment!! Happy days indeed!

[Libby]

I am trying to imagine life without my allotment.  Not just the steady supply of fresh fruit and veg but the friends I have met down there, the things I have learned about bugs and the weather!  Learning to make jam with fruit I have grown.  The days I have spent with my other half clearing the plot and seeing our work pay off. Life without my allotment - no way!

[Kate and her Ducks]

i am glad someone else feels the same way, i have just started with my allotment this year and it is brilliant, i have even gone one step further and got some chickens and i love it. could i have the recipe for your soup as i have loads of courgetts to useup, thanks

try the cake recipe in the recipe section, made it last weekend and it was fab! I skipped the cream cheese filling and made a lime drizzle mix instead.

[Janeymiddlewife]

I've posted a recipe for courgette & rocket soup in the competition pages somewhere i think, if you want to look it up