General Chat

I'm not talking about cyber ones lol before anyone tells me how they've just harvested a field of barley lol

What real vegetables do you grow?

we grow peas, beans, carrots, various type spuds, scallions, red onions, leeks, cuccumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, beet, peppers, rosemary, mint,sage,parsley, strawberries, apples,pears, blackberries, blueberries, and his pride and joy rite now a pineapple x

Hi Lesley ~~~~ I don't now, but have in the past ... things like potato's, carrotts, lettuce, spring onions etc ...and in my view, there is nothing tastier :)

I was impressed with them all but a pineapple Mel, how on earth do you manage that? Do you have a special heater?

Hello Ann :-)

I'm not growing much this year. I'm growing tumbling cherry tomatoes this year from hanging baskets. Some peas which look quite pretty and strawberries :-)

he cut the top off a fresh one and planted it - it stayed in out porch which is a sun trap for a year {someone thought it was a yukka so bort us one to put in there with it} now its growing nicely in the greenhouse we do have a portable heater which we use in the evenings x

Ann there's nothing like straight from the garden onto the plate as it were ~ we steam all our veg and the soups we make are fantastic x

wow, what a good idea.....recycled fruit lol

What other things can you cut the top off and grow do you think?

dunno but if he were here he would be in his element on this thread x

I don't have a greenhouse anymore, so stopped with the tomatoes Lesley .... and I used to get lots of rhubarb from dads .... oh and I have grown strawberries in the past as well .... but the weather ruined plants so didn't get any more ....

My garden now is taken up with shrubs and flowers ... but might think about a strawberry patch again one day lol

new potato's and baby carrots yummy mmmmmmmmm lol

Have just had our first lot of peas and plenty more to come .Dwarf Beans ,Runner Beans,garlic.Cucumbers and tomatoes in the greenhouse and tomatoes in grow bags on the patio.Oh and my herb garden.

we have an herb patch just outside kitchen door very useful x

Do you have space on a wall somewhere for a hanging basket of tomatoes Ann? The ones I have are called Tumbling Toms and are specially grown for containers or hanging baskets. There's loads of little yellow flowers on mine :-)

:-) Mel

**wonders what I could grow if I raided the fridge lol**

Hi Helen...... garlic...now there's a thought.

I do Lesley .... and do enjoy pottering in the garden, so might start a veggie patch again ....

Garlic not looking too good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry to hear that helen...what happened to it?

The thing about tumbling Toms Ann is that it seems less hassle than tomatoes in a greenhouse and cherry tomatoes taste so good hmmmm

I agree Lesley - much prefer cherry toms :) will have to try them next year

*starts re-designing garden* OH will be pleased .... all that digging LOL

just don't mention my name Ann, I don't want him blaming me for giving you ideas lol