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  • Used up my last small green tomato in last nights chilli

    Why am I in this handcart and where are we going ?
  • Jazee
    Jazee Posts: 9,452 Forumite
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    Gardens are a mess and I need to remove dead plants from greenhouse at some point. Brussels are still pea size so we'll be buying those for Xmas dinner now.
    Spend less now, work less later.
  • zafiro1984
    zafiro1984 Posts: 2,529 Forumite
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    Apart from what is in store and in the freezers I'm just picking leeks, carrots and potatoes. I should have enough to last well into the new year.
  • Am I meant to pull up my parsnips or can I leave them out in the frost? I’d be grateful for advice please.
  • Primrose
    Primrose Posts: 10,703 Forumite
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    I,ve been leaving mine in to dig up as I need them but the ground has been so wet in recent weeks that I'm thinking I might be better digging them up unless we now have a decent period of dry weather, to prevent them rotting.

    If you have a freezer they can of course be cut into chunks raw and frozen or they will keep for a week or more in a fridge salad compartment.
  • Suffolk_lass
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    JEdwards wrote: »
    Am I meant to pull up my parsnips or can I leave them out in the frost? I’d be grateful for advice please.

    Parsnips need a good frost before they taste right. They will be fine in the ground for a while yet. Just dig as you use them.
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • Any decent gardening presents for Christmas? I had a heated propagator, some root trainers and Charles Dowding's diary. All set for a first growing season on my new allotment!
  • Suffolk_lass
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    Nearly - as in I need to order it - the aggregate and services for my new greenhouse that we ran out of time to erect in time for Christmas are my Christmas present. What about you silverwhistle?
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • Dizzy_Ditzy
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    New thread for 2020 here - I won't lock this thread for a few days yet :)

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  • Any decent gardening presents for Christmas? I had a heated propagator, some root trainers and Charles Dowding's diary. All set for a first growing season on my new allotment!
    Didn't really do presents this year, so nothing gardening specific (unless brandy counts). Good luck with the new allotment.

    Why am I in this handcart and where are we going ?
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