its that time of year again

red · Post: # 70275Post **red** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:59 pm

when courgettes take over your fridge...

Martin · Post: # 70277Post **Martin** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:13 pm

'er indoors' are heading rapidly for marrowdom!

Millymollymandy · Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:09 am

Hee hee! Thankfully not having that problem as only two plants, which is just the right amount.

possum · Post: # 70294Post **possum** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:50 am

i remember that feeling well the summer just before we left the uk, after giving as many as possible away, making courgette cake, courgette crumble, the oh was still fed up of them, last year not a single courgette here had fruit, i dont know what i did wrong

the.fee.fairy · Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:04 pm

*mumbles something under her breath*

Nice...well done

None of mine grew...not a single one

*goes back to mumbling*

red · Post: # 70301Post **red** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:00 pm

oh sorry fee... I lost a 3 of my plants.. if those were the 3 i was depending on then I would be without courgettes too...

We dont get sick of them, but the freezer is full to the top now... but most meals have a courgette theme... now must of the other veg is coming to an end.. tonight.. spag bol (with courgettes in of course) tomorrow.. could be curry, with courgette bhajis... etc etc

Shirley · Post: # 70304Post **Shirley** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:34 pm

None here either

- not much of anything due to pain and bad weather *grumble*

Welsh Girls Allotment · Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:05 pm

I am having a bit of a panic with my courgettes, I sowed what I thought was 3 courgette plants and 15 cucumbers ( to be on the safe side

) now that they have both started to bear fruit .... Houston we have a problem .... 15 courgette plants romping away and only one cucmber plant I am afraid every time I go to the plot

so far the fruits are only small but the devil in me threw a few handfuls of chicken manure about the place on Monday so they have probably taken over the whole site by now

red · Post: # 70327Post **red** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:28 pm

got to allotment often and pick them when they are small - turn into huge marrows in no time!!!

the.fee.fairy · Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:34 pm

red wrote:oh sorry fee... I lost a 3 of my plants.. if those were the 3 i was depending on then I would be without courgettes too...

We dont get sick of them, but the freezer is full to the top now... but most meals have a courgette theme... now must of the other veg is coming to an end.. tonight.. spag bol (with courgettes in of course) tomorrow.. could be curry, with courgette bhajis... etc etc

That's ok..i'm just seething with jealousy!
I planted 12 butternut squash - not seen a single one, 12 courgettes, not seen a single one, 12 pumpkins...there's a pattern forming... and 12 cucumbers - the slugs got them before they even had a fighting chance!

Maybe next year...maybe next year

Or, i'll just add squash to the things that i'm useless at growing.

Millymollymandy · Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:18 am

We are just starting to harvest our cucumbers which is incredibly late. I couldn't imagine summer without them.

As for the sweetcorn though, the 2nd batch got picked (all 4 small cobs) but they weren't ripe even though the black hairy bits had dropped off. So no sweetcorn for us this year - and it isn't available in the shops here either.

red · Post: # 70349Post **red** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:49 am

I picked my first cucumber a couple of days ago too. squash are hopeless.. they are jsut setting now.. fat lot of use I reckon - pumpkin - no fruit (still i have 2 drawers in the freezer from last year's monster so many just as well)

sweetcorn - first batch of 35 - only about an inch of set kernels... uselss, second batch of 3o ish looking lots better.. but not ready yet.. hoping for continued hot weather (very hot here today)

Fee - did you sow the seeds direct or in pots first?

catalyst · Post: # 70645Post **catalyst** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:25 am

we've got a freezer full of courgettes, shelves of pumpkins, butternuts, marrows, and jars of pasteurised ratatouille and tomatoes.

its been a very good year for us - we've bought practically no veg through the whole summer! and i've started sourcing new varieties of seeds for next year, and even have two beds prepared and mulched with much and straw for some winter greens planting as soon as the weather cools a bit.

Ranter · Post: # 70688Post **Ranter** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:05 pm

Slugs 'ad all my squashed too. Only things we have gluts of is runnner beans & tomatoes, both easy to preserve. Not to mention easy to eat.

Peggy Sue · Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:15 pm

Only gre a few courgettes at home that are long gone now- but since getting the allotment in June we planted spinach and I've eatten raw spinach, cooked spinach, spinach and fish pie, spinach lasagne, curried spinach, stir fried spinach, spinach risotto - given it to my friends, family, neighbours, people I don't know, anyone passing the allotment.

Funnily enough I gave some to the guy on the allotment next door who swapped it for...courgettes!!

I love this life, but I am a bit tierd of spinach now.