Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow?

[MadchesterCity]

What are you growing in your garden/ allotment this year?

This year I've grown rhubarb, strawberries, potatoes, carrots, marrows, courgettes, cucumbers, crown prince squash, peas, runner beans, broad beans, radish, beetroot, lettuce, rocket, spinach, mint, coriander, parsley and basil. Nothing exotic but things that do tend to grow well in UK weather.

Last year I ended up with so many courgettes in mid summer, 2 ripe courgettes a day, so was running out of ideas to cook them by end of summer.
My mate said he had similar results with cucumbers so I've added to my growing list this year.

Any particular successes or unexpected bumper crops to share?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Dandelions, mainly. Damn stupid not to plant any burdock, though.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I shall be cutting the grass this weekend

 

[Blue Mist]

I thought this was a follow up to the Macafee thread and the origins of the term 'on the lam.

Oh well hang on that was little bo peep wasn't it, as you were

 

[waspish]

Potatoes carrots peas courgettes tomatoes green beans onions! Had first crop of spuds this week very tasty! Oh carrots in plant pots is the way to go grows far better than in the ground!

 

[MadchesterCity]

Potatoes carrots peas courgettes tomatoes green beans onions! Had first crop of spuds this week very tasty! Oh carrots in plant pots is the way to go grows far better than in the ground!

I failed with beefsteak tomatoes and aubergines last year, felt like too much work for the return.

I'm thinking I might pull up some first earliest soon for some lovely baby potatoes

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

What are you growing in your garden/ allotment this year?

This year I've grown rhubarb, strawberries, potatoes, carrots, marrows, courgettes, cucumbers, crown prince squash, peas, runner beans, broad beans, radish, beetroot, lettuce, rocket, spinach, mint, coriander, parsley and basil. Nothing exotic but things that do tend to grow well in UK weather.

Last year I ended up with so many courgettes in mid summer, 2 ripe courgettes a day, so was running out of ideas to cook them by end of summer.
My mate said he had similar results with cucumbers so I've added to my growing list this year.

Any particular successes or unexpected bumper crops to share?

That's an impressive list of veg there pal. Just wondering what you do with a marrow though, fuck it?

 

[talkativesprout]

Seething resentment for the Tw@ next door

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Not actually planted as such but hundreds of wild strawberries. Small but very tasty.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Not actually planted as such but hundreds of wild strawberries. Small but very tasty.

Great for jam apparently