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Comment on Best stile ever. by plot18

plot18 — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:17:54 +0000

It does look nice.

Comment on Bizarre Acton toy garden. by plot18

plot18 — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:42:14 +0000

LOL nice garden surprised nothing has been pinched,we had a bird table in our garden and that went missing.

Comment on Jungle by embankment

embankment — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:08:52 +0000

That definately sounds like hard work. It seems like you have a fantastic little helper to help cut the grass though! I know how you feel about it feeling like the grass needs more attention than the veg sometimes, we spent ages trying to dig grass up to make veg patches and it keeps growing as it has so many roots!

Comment on Courgettes finally planted out by EnglishRoseFrenchGarden

EnglishRoseFrenchGarden — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:02:06 +0000

I think that the courgette glut will definitely arrive in a couple of months. We planted 13 courgettes our first year, and gave up counting when we got to 100 kilos !!!!
I haven’t planted out my 2 plants yet, here in France, our last risk of frost day is 15th May, so I will hold out until then, as I have been caught out once :-(
Mind you the rain is holding of the frosts – think I would be happy with daytime sun and night time frosts, if it could just break this weather front !
Bonne chance

Comment on Summer squash by carebearbecky

carebearbecky — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:50:47 +0000

I’ve got squash in the greenhouse as well and as yet no sign of them popping their wee heads out – I’m jealous!

Comment on Can I stagger a courgette harvest? by englishrosefrenchgarden

englishrosefrenchgarden — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:48:24 +0000

I have to say we have never had any success with staggering courgettes – they are like triffids :-)
Our first year we grew 13 plants, and when we got to 100kg of courgettes we realised that we needed to dramatically reduce our numbers – we now only grow 2 plants and that is well enough.
The other problem is that they also have a very long fruiting season, so even if you planted them later, I think you would end up with loads no matter what!

Comment on Summer squash by plot18

plot18 — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:09:55 +0000

Looking good i have some squashes in the greenhouse i think, will have to check them out never grown them before,To tell the truth never really tasted them either,so it all new on my plot this year.

Comment on Can I stagger a courgette harvest? by elabar

elabar — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:35:11 +0000

Lots of chutney and soup then, or I think courgettes will freeze ok.The soup would freeze well too.I made a marrow and apple jam a couple of years ago which was really nice..I used big courgettes which are really marrows anyway. Just don’t tell squeamish members of the family that there are courgettes in the jam till after they’ve pronounced it nice as if they’re anything like my lot unusual ingredients put them off :)

Comment on Tomatoes sprouting. by younggardener

younggardener — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:45:16 +0000

Hm same here. Mines look just about the same as yours. The peppers that I planted the same time as Tomatoes are only now starting to shoot through :(

Comment on Cherry tree by elabar

elabar — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:09:03 +0000

We have a small cherry tree but the blackbirds usually get to them first..just as they’re nearly ripe..I did manage to grab a small handfull before they had the lot last year :(