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Oneeyedhen

  • Joined May 2011
Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« 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!

fairhaven

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Norfolk
    • The Hazy Rainbow
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #1 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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in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #2 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  :'(

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #3 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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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #4 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.

northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #5 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  ??? !

Oneeyedhen

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #6 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.

omnipeasant

  • Joined May 2012
  • Llangurig , Mid Wales
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #7 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:.

deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2012, 12:54:32 pm »
cucumbers for me. unsuprisingly. but digging for spuds is a joy.

northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2012, 12:56:13 pm »
not this year for me, all had blight, njot much left  :'(

the great composto

  • Guest
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #10 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:
« Last Edit: September 07, 2012, 10:37:55 am by the great composto »

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #11 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:

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #12 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.
« Last Edit: September 08, 2012, 07:57:00 am by Ina »

Mel Rice

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #13 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

Fowgill Farm

  • Joined Feb 2009
Re: Whats your favourite veg to grow?
« Reply #14 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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