veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

lunar

I have been outside most of the day cleaning out my shed and sorting out everything in there. I know where everything is and I have cleaned out all my pots and seed trays. Everything still deems to be growing well except for 1 pumpkin, looks like it has been nibbled.

I made the mint ice cream at the weekend, I just changed it a little, when the machine had just a few minutes left to run I chucked in some after eights! absolutly georgeous.

My biggest failures this year have been fruit trees. I got some from a shopping channel and all 4 are dead, they wont refund or replace the trees. I have 3 others which have fruited (not from the same place) im dissapointed I wont have fresh cherries, plums, apricots and peaches this year.

lunar

antonia1 wrote: »

Sounds marvellous izzwizz. Once I've mastered growing the veg, I'll have to learn to cook it properly!

On another note, how tall do cucumbers get? No idea what variety they are, but I only staked them last weekend and they're already halfway up the 4" cane!

look at my pic on the page before, you will need bigger canes:rotfl:

soullessfire

Had my first flower on a courgette today and considering it has no male flowers yet and also has a 3 inch courgette on the bottom, I thought, sod it, I'm making this one into a stuffed courgette flower to try them.

Stuffed the flower with Garlic and Herb Philadelphia, made a simple batter and coated it and deep fried it for a few minutes. Can honestly say it was delicious, am munching away happily as I type. Definately a much tastier way to eat courgettes.

lolly5648

I am so excited as I have just picked my first cucumber for a salad tonight. It is wonderful - I can't believe I have grown something that is so tasty and that I would normally pay about 70p for in a supermarket. Mind you the EU wouldn't approve as it is a very curved cuc.

Chimera

ewww.. I have greenfly on my salad leaves!!! Doesn't seem to be hurting at moment, and have sprayed with soapy water, just making my skin crawl.. no way I'm gonna be able to get rid of all the eggs!!! I'm gonna keep spraying and just carefully wash before eating, do you reckon this will be ok? anyone else got this problem? Been fine up till now, sooo annoying!!!

shandypants5

Chimera wrote: »

ewww.. I have greenfly on my salad leaves!!! Doesn't seem to be hurting at moment, and have sprayed with soapy water, just making my skin crawl.. no way I'm gonna be able to get rid of all the eggs!!! I'm gonna keep spraying and just carefully wash before eating, do you reckon this will be ok? anyone else got this problem? Been fine up till now, sooo annoying!!!

Rinse under a fast cold tap before making sandwiches and then dont think about it while eating the sandwich..

No really dont..

And dont even think about opening the sandwich to re-inspect once you have taken a bite... just eat, its good for you..:D

Chimera

shandypants5 wrote: »

Rinse under a fast cold tap before making sandwiches and then dont think about it while eating the sandwich..

No really dont..

And dont even think about opening the sandwich to re-inspect once you have taken a bite... just eat, its good for you..:D

lol.. made me giggle.. is exactly what I'm trying to do, they don't seem to be on the leaves, more down the bottom and on the soil, haven't found any on main bit of leaves!! making me itch now!

mutley74

a good spicy coriander salad i learned when back packing the hills of Thailand:
Lots of coriander chopped up
Some tomatoes chopped
lots of green chillies finely chopped
mix together add some salt and pepper to suit
(obviously you can vary the amount of each to the salad to suit)

Chimera

lolly5648 wrote: »

I am so excited as I have just picked my first cucumber for a salad tonight. It is wonderful - I can't believe I have grown something that is so tasty and that I would normally pay about 70p for in a supermarket. Mind you the EU wouldn't approve as it is a very curved cuc.

cool, I've not had much luck with cucumbers, have a couple of tiny ones, only a couple of inches high, and found one flowering today!! I'ts sooo tiny!

mutley74

soullessfire wrote: »

Had my first flower on a courgette today and considering it has no male flowers yet and also has a 3 inch courgette on the bottom, I thought, sod it, I'm making this one into a stuffed courgette flower to try them.

Stuffed the flower with Garlic and Herb Philadelphia, made a simple batter and coated it and deep fried it for a few minutes. Can honestly say it was delicious, am munching away happily as I type. Definately a much tastier way to eat courgettes.

make sure you wash the inside of the flowers, i found a few creep crawlings making homes inside my flowers!:eek: