Fair point - marrow and cheese soup then. Still very nice. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by daz h
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Fair point - marrow and cheese soup then. Still very nice. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Too many courgettes here too, and they have a tendency to grow into marrows :w00t:
What's the threshold? Between a courgette and a marrow?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Good question!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
This probably doesn't help particularly but hey-ho!!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...php?p=24529717
Interesting MT. I think this is the most infomative response:Quote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
On this basis, my courgette/marrow (the one that went into my soup) was only on the cusp of marrowhood, as although it had the start of seeds, they were still edible and the centre hadn't yet gone stringy.Quote:
Well, it's when the seed cavity in the centre of the courgette starts opening up. If you cut a courgette open crossways the flesh should still be solid all the way through. Once it starts to go fibrous and stringy in the centre, it's a marrow. You usually have to scoop this bit out when you prepare a marrow. So if a given courgette seems light for its size, it's a marrow.
And maturity has nothing to do with size btw. Different varieties of courgette plant produce different sizes of courgette/marrows. There are varieties which only produce mini courgettes and varieties which are bred to produce giant marrows.
:confused: Whereas my courgette the other day had definitely become a marrow, even though it wasn't as large as his brother, which was still a courgette!
I wish I liked courgettes.
Runner beans - lush! Courgettes, yuk.
We could become perfect vegetable partners. I'm the exact opposite, so would happily eat any courgettes you have, and send you any runner beans I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Great :)
Just polished off the last of our runner beans with my salad!
:o How can I tell when my carrots are ready?
Don't ask me. I once had a veggie patch when I was a kid - all I grew was one carrot and it was about 3 cms long.
My carrots are in a trough so not many and I don't want to lose any by pulling them up too soon! They're meant to be round and about golf ball sized when ready :pQuote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
bbq courgettes tonight, sitting in a friend's garden in Llandyrnog, stunning view of the Clywdian hills
I've been enjoying this thread but I'm not allowed too many courgette plants as the missus doesn't like them (boo). The two that I did start this year were savaged by slugs and a pheasant just as the first flowers were forming so no courgettes for me this year.
On the plus side though, the tomatoes are ripening about six a day currently and soon there'll be a glut and I've got three aubergines swelling nicely - about thumb sized currently and heavily protected against pilfering feathered fiends.
The next glut of produce I will have is fennel, my mother said she liked it, so I tried planting a packet of seeds, every plant survived and I haven't a clue what to use it for
56 ideas here.....http://www.cooksunited.co.uk/rs/s0/fennel/recipes.html:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Usually at the back
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
Pulled up a dozen fennel bulbs yesterday - they're all a bit blown and I tried roasting one last night and it was a bit chewy. Will try soup!
The fennel sausage must be a real winner for vegetarians!Quote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
Had rhubarb, tomatoes, lettuce, dwarf french beans, climbing french beans and broad beans so far BUT why aren't my courgettes growing more than 2cm long? They do this then just die at the ends so are unedible. Total disaster in that respectas not eaten one.:mad:
They need plenty of watering? No shortage here in Wales as its p*****g down again, but great for the garden.
Oh i can't wait to have a vaggie patch :D
Then you can grow some vaggies!!Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
:o whoops.
If I can't even spell it what chance have I got of actually growing anything?
August supplied only 132 courgettes, disappointing as this is 15 down on last year, which I can only put down to the cold nights and early frost (I had them covered). But the plants still look strong, so if the weather comes mild we could have a bumper September :).
Everything else is great, we are (pleasantly) sinking under a tide of runner beans, and peas good and now near the end of raspberries and strawberries.
Moley I had only one on mine up till August, fed them watered them nothing very dissapointed and plants were getting nibbled so when I went on holiday I moved them to the front garden as it was cooler and darker and I thought they wouldn't dry out.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Got home and though I'd go check on them. They looked like they'd bean attacked by Cucumbers, there were loads and all monsters, go figure, also moved two squashes and a pumpkin, all have been eaten to nothing.
Marrow Recipe which has worked very well in the last two weeks (ie nearly every day!)
Peel marrow - cut into chunks, braise a bit for 10 mins with some bay leaves (chuck them out at the end) and serve with a white sauce suitably enlivened with white wine. Goes well with roast lamb/mutton.
Awash with courgettes and apples here. Chutney and cider making called for.
tonight I will be mostly drinking BL's Home brew pale ale;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad
You're lucky, I've drunk all mine, though I've got 3 gallons of bitter left. Brew day this Thursday, I think.
Well, Ian?
You've gone very quiet. Are you still in bed?
Was the beer that good :thumbup: or that bad :thunbdown:?
Very definitely the last courgettes today - three thin specimens tossed in butter but still tasty - dug the whole messy things up and they're on the compost heap - wouldn't even give it to the pigs. Raspberrys still going strong though! Got parsnips and kale to come and I can't wait for the Brussels!!!
Beer was very good Roy Cheers.:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad
However i was ill the next day but not due to the beer, Three friends all shared a drink on the hill the same day and we were all ill:thunbdown::mad:
I have 3 courgettes left and 3 Aubergines, Raspberries have long since gone, However we took the last peppers off the plants on Friday and consigned the plants to the compost heap in the skyQuote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
Lost all my courgettes in a heavy frost at end of September, along with the runner beans which were going really strong still.
Picked a bowl of raspberries today (about it though) and well into all the cabbage stuff.
Frost in September !!!
Columbo in October.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
just picking the last of mine today with the cold weather thats supposed to be heading our way I thought I'd best get it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
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Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
Yes, a hard one, had everything covered in polythene and stuff and it still went through that. Had a small frost in late August as well.
:eek: Where do you live moley?Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Frost on my feet at work today :thunbdown: