Do I really spend to much on food?

jackieglasgow

I have a friend who has geese, and she likes Aparagus with goose eggs, but they're not really to my taste for some reason. Hop you enjoy Ceridwen, I'll be having it at the weekend I think!

I just realised the reason, they are YUCK! :rotfl:

se999

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I have a friend who has geese, and she likes Aparagus with goose eggs, but they're not really to my taste for some reason. Hop you enjoy Ceridwen, I'll be having it at the weekend I think!

I just realised the reason, they are YUCK! :rotfl:

W



I rented a holiday cottage, and the owner next door kept geese, ducks & hens. I didn't like the goose eggs either.

Wasn't that keen on the duck eggs too.

But maybe it's a case of finding the right recipe. On the forum at one point someone said how good duck eggs were for making really rich nice sponge cakes.

Or maybe it's an acquired taste.

The other problem is goose eggs are enormous, it's more like a two person meal for dunking asparagus

jackieglasgow

Don't mind duck eggs at all, and they are excellent for baking. I do have a slight squeamishness about them for some reason though. Don't know why.

rachbc

I had a cake made with goose egg once - it was fowl!!

CCP

rachbc wrote: »

I had a cake made with goose egg once - it was fowl!!

:rotfl:

I've being feeling a bit miserable this evening, but that's cheered me up wonderfully. Thanks very much!

mumto1_2

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Thanks for that mumto1 I am quite disappointed as the plats are coming along really well, but there's definitely not enough room for 5 feet of roots! I do have a spot picked out for them in the ground that will become part of my garden soon, do you think they will be safe in the pot for another few months, then transported, or should I just put them somewhere else just now?

As long as it's in a very large pot, it should be OK for a few months. I hope you mean transplanted..... :-)

jackieglasgow

They will be transported in the pot and then transplanted into the ground thanks. (It's 20litres, should be fine )

MrsE_2

se999 wrote: »

Hi Crux although some of the ideas in the book I mentioned were rustic in origin, my last garden wasn't at all, it was actually more the minimalist design for low maintenance.

Main planting of the borders was using perenials, shrubs, grasses etc., with bulbs used to lift the colour at different times of the year. Then the productive stuff was slotted in the gaps. Borders were mulched, so after the inital crop of weeds, minimal weeding.

On the paved patio area, tubs were used to grow climbers up the fences.

The house had glass all along the back on the ground floor and was minimalist in feel, so the garden design had to match it.

I think if I'd grown too many veggies etc., I wouldn't have been able to keep the look I wanted.

I have a long thin garden, as wide as a small semi & 115 foot long.

One day....... I plan to put a pergola in the middle of it, from side to side, all the way across.
Then leave the bottom half for sheds, washing rotary line & maybe some home growing.
Then the top half can be lawn & shrubs - with maybe (near the house for handiness) a giant trough made out of railway sleepers as a herb garden.

Thats my plans anyway:D

Sherlock._2

mumto1 wrote: »

For those of you growing asparagus, you need to put them in the ground, not in pots. The roots will go 5' down into the ground as they mature.

1st year, dont' pick, 2nd- pick 1 week, 3rd - pick 2 weeks , 4th - pick 3 weeks, and after that you can pick for 8 weeks. You have to leave the stalks after that to go to seed - they will look like 6' tall ferns! If you dont' you won't get any the next year.

We planted asparagus for the first time last year, so will be able to pick some later this month. Can't wait :j We planted more this year, so should have plenty over the next few years.

We have strawberries, raspberries, cherries (sweet and Morello), plums (Victoria and small, sweet yellow ones), apples, damsons and pears all in flower. We ate the first of the rhubarb today.

crux

My baby salad leaves are finally starting to get respectable, especially the spinach and land cress, I think 2 more weeks and I'll be cropping them for the first time

Defo thinking about fruit bushes/small trees in the front garden.

lol, I just packed up 18 individual portions of assorted dried fruits in zip lock bags. 21p per bag inc the zip locks, 100 calories per bag and they are better than the branded fruit bags too :cool:

Spent less than £20 this week on general me stuff to (non food).

I feel like I'm starting to get a grip on this money saving thing :rotfl: