Glut of mange tout happening already!

lynzpower

Ok

Well I am utterly overjoyed with my growing, Ive come home and overnight it seems my mangetout have started cropping :beer: For anyone who has even space for a big plant pot, ( balcony for example, if you dont have a garden) I cannot rate growing mange tout enough, piece of cake - quite literally, all I did was stick them in some soil, water stab some sticks in and watched them go mad! Pack of seeds were only 1.35 from B&Q about the same price as a packet from Mr Ts. Ive LOADS left too :beer:

Now much as I love Mange tout, I must say I dont buy them often as I have a real aversion to them being shipped from overseas. I dont think they freeze well- do they?

When Ive had them before Ive just either added them in a stirfry, or steamed them off & had with bangers & mash or roast dinners.

thoughts recipes and ideas gratefully recieved!

THIRZAH

I've frozen them-blanch for a couple of minutes-you can add them to stir fry etc.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, Lynz :beer: My mange tout are in my polytunnel, so we've been eating then for a couple of weeks now. None have got to the cooking stage - I munch on them when I'm in the garden, and pick what's left to go in the daily HG salad.

Penny. x

mouseymousey99

Could you give some to your neighbours? In hope they would swop something with you?? I am about to become queen of the lettuce !!! They all came up too and we filled x4 growbags as I couldnt bear to throw any away.

lynzpower

None of my neighbours seem to be growing much but Im sure one of them in particular would love a few

Id love a polytunnel PP, but here in the worst garden in britain, it wouldnt be a great use of cash ( east facing heavily shaded!) However i did get a poundland version, but the slugs seem to enjoy it a bit too much in there :mad: :rotfl: