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Title: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: Oneeyedhen on September 06, 2012, 11:05:35 am
I have to say I think runner beans are fab!! They grow so fast, have a nice pretty flower and produce enough beans that we get sick of them after a while!
Title: Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: fairhaven on September 06, 2012, 11:17:52 am
Courgettes... They are the only veg that has done really well this year, which is surprising as I forgot about them most of the time  :D
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Post by: in the hills on September 06, 2012, 11:33:56 am
 :thumbsup:  runner beans ...... especially this summer. Only thing that has really grown successfully.  ::)


           Even the courgettes are a disaster  :o . No courgette soup or lasagne  :'(
Title: Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: Fleecewife on September 06, 2012, 11:41:48 am
I love growing potatoes  :spud: :spud: :spud: ;D   Digging them up is better than prospecting for gold  :thumbsup:
 
I also love growing and eating runner beans, but ours are a disaster this year - flower buds there now but frost forecast so I doubt we'll get anything..........  My brother is going to send me some of his  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mammyshaz on September 06, 2012, 11:43:31 am
Any salad crops. I love to pick them and make a meal straight from the garden. They just taste so much better.
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Post by: northfifeduckling on September 06, 2012, 11:44:10 am
Courgettes... They are the only veg that has done really well this year, which is surprising as I forgot about them most of the time  :D

same here! Although I had to tickle mine to help pollination   :D - no bees  ??? !
Title: Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: Oneeyedhen on September 06, 2012, 12:05:06 pm
Forgot about potatoes, I love digging them up too and they're so tasty. We've grown Kerrs pinks this year and I'd forgotten how tricky they are to boil.
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Post by: omnipeasant on September 06, 2012, 12:07:47 pm
Another potaoes fan. I grow mine in old mineral tubs It is the only thing we have managed to grow here, but hopefully a polytunnel will appear before long so we can grow other exiting things. :excited:.
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Post by: deepinthewoods on September 06, 2012, 12:54:32 pm
cucumbers for me. unsuprisingly. but digging for spuds is a joy.
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Post by: northfifeduckling on September 06, 2012, 12:56:13 pm
not this year for me, all had blight, njot much left  :'(
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Post by: the great composto on September 06, 2012, 12:59:45 pm
Squashes for me.  I love butternuts / turks turbans / crown prince  - all tasty roasted and all make great soup.  I love trying new varieties.   Uchiki Kuri is a good looking /tasting one for me just like a big orange.  :excited:
Title: Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 06, 2012, 10:56:25 pm
French beans
 
or salad leaves
 
 
or maybe squashes
 
 
 
 
or perhaps swiss chard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
or possibly tomatoes (yes, I know they're fruit really).
 
Oh I give up.  I love growing them all.   :roflanim:
Title: Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: Ina on September 07, 2012, 10:10:02 am
Anything that actually grows in any year becomes favourite... ;D This year it's courgettes, broad beans, and now the runner beans seem to be coming on nicely.
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Post by: Mel Rice on September 07, 2012, 11:07:28 am
I prefere the climbing french beans to runners (I do grow both) as they are more tasty when forgotten
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Post by: Fowgill Farm on September 07, 2012, 11:16:49 am
Love growing pumpkins & squashes but they're rubbish this year unfortunately :'(
Mandy :pig:
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Post by: Beewyched on September 07, 2012, 12:10:23 pm
It's got to be courgettes this year - they are one of the few plants that have done ok this year other than broad beans  ::)
They also have lovely, bright yellow flowers that cheer me up - a bit like daffodils in the spring  ;D :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
Post by: plumseverywhere on September 07, 2012, 06:47:26 pm
It has to be peas and beans (any kind) because the children love picking them and eating them raw, there and then  :)
I do enjoy unearthing spuds too though  ;D