steve t 922 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 First ripe tomato of year and all rest came from garden aswell. 8 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,429 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 2 minutes ago, steve t said: First ripe tomato of year and all rest came from garden aswell. Very satisfying that mate, can’t beat it can you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 22,817 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Started picking and eating a lot of things from the allotment. Have got second and third crops of some things growing well. Various tomatoes; Onions and garlic on the drying racks; Green cucumbers and melon cucumbers; Hot chillis and sweet peppers starting to show; Swedes coming on well; First lot of peas and sugar snaps ready for the freezer; A lot more stuff growing well, caulis, broccoli, scallions , green beans, runner beans, rhubarb, pak Choi, Chinese cabbage. Poultry all laying well. Just need the crops to come down and get some game in the freezer ! Cheers. 11 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,345 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Can’t beat it and taste is beyond compare to shop stuff. Miss my allotments 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 22,817 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 6 minutes ago, terryd said: Can’t beat it and taste is beyond compare to shop stuff. Miss my allotments People have said to me “ why bother, a tin of peas is 30p, eggs £2 a dozen from the supermarkets. My reply is “ I get dozens of bags of peas from a 30p packet of seeds, my veggies are organic without the additional price, I use my own compost, no chemicals, no weed killer, every weed is ho’ed or hand pulled and I can have veggies on my plate half an hour from picking them, they are not flown in from all over the world” ! My eggs are from hens I’ve bred myself, they are free range and fed on organic layers pellets and home made mash , the culls when they stop laying are “recycled “ as dog food , or ate by myself, again, no chemicals or force feeding or bleach washing. Of course I buy beef or lamb, but much prefer game; rabbit, hare, venison , game birds, pigeons I’ve caught, butchered and cooked myself. Its my lifestyle and something I enjoy, it saves me money and maybe it’s a bit healthier lifestyle. I make my own wine and sloe gin, but do enjoy a good wine or gin from the shop. Nothing fanatical about it, just something that keeps an old man busy and happy ! Cheers. 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,008 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 You just cant beat the Veg when its fresh from the garden. Runners going ballistic all the neighbours are happy they taste so much better than the one you can buy. Also I've got one of the best crops of Tomato this year and the Jazzy second early spuds were brilliant. Steve t are those Sweet Peas the every lasting ones that come every year mate? Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve t 922 Posted July 22 Author Report Share Posted July 22 Yes everlasting ones no scent off them though 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pewit 970 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Peas taste better straight out the pod, used to love picking them when a nipper, eat enough to get your guts rumbling. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,008 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 32 minutes ago, steve t said: Yes everlasting ones no scent off them though Yeah I like them see them going by the coast wild sometimes. Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,345 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 A home grown new potato you can cook in no time. Ones from the shop you can boil fookers for week still hard was looking at me old pics times of plenty for sure. Makes me mouth water looking at it 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 22,817 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 2 minutes ago, terryd said: A home grown new potato you can cook in no time. Ones from the shop you can boil fookers for week still hard was looking at me old pics times of plenty for sure. Makes me mouth water looking at it Beautiful to see ! Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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