I can grow!!!

[Super.Niki]

ok we've almost finished clearing the garden of rubbish and glass and weeds and stuff at uni and look what I dug up before we started sweeping! I grew it from seed in about April/March kinda time and it was picked today!

http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh89 ... carrot.jpg

[snapdragon]

amazing

[carolinej]

Very impressive

So what are you going to cook with it?

cj

[Rosendula]

Fantastic!
Well done. Bet you can't wait to get sowing some more

Just on a side note, I once used carrot greens to make a white wine. It came out tasting like the really cheap Lambrini stuff you can get from supermarkets

[Annpan]

Well done

So satisfying isn't it

[Super.Niki]

So what are you going to cook with it?

cj

I was thinking a very small salad? Or possibly a tiny colslaw? Maybe I'll go all-out and roast it!!

Just on a side note, I once used carrot greens to make a white wine. It came out tasting like the really cheap Lambrini stuff you can get from supermarkets

[/quote]

sounds like a great idea! Think I may need more than one mini carrot's worth though! haha!!

[becks77]

Fantastic, now you've got the "growing bug" what are you going to try next?

[Super.Niki]

Wel I did have loads of things planted butlost all the sweetcorn when moving house (they were planted in pots and just didn't survive), the peas died before I moved for reasons I have no idea, just whithered away (I did get one mini pod with 2 peas in from it though...)and when I planted the thousands of tomato plants in the garden they thrived, got really big then suddenly turned all brown and died, withugh giving me a single tomato!! As for the peppers...they grew quite nicely and are still a few leaves from a stalk sticking out of the ground... but no peppers!?! I'm a bit confused!!

Maybe I can only grow root vegetables?!?

[becks77]

It was a bad year for peppers apparently neither my neighbour or I had much luck......but on another thread on here some have managed to save pepper plants for at least a second year so might pop them in the green house see if they can keep going.
Courgettes are a real ego booster , they just keep on going, only just taken the plants out after our first frost they were still giving a few baby fruits.
And beetroot for pickling...yum

[Peggy Sue]

I don't feel so bad about my failed peppers now hearing that.

BTW love the Avatar Niki!