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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Anyone cropping home grown fruit and veg?

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

Haven't planted anything this year. Other priorities and problems

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Things are always later growing in Scotland

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Have you decided yet what to do with that single runner bean?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Have you decided yet what to do with that single runner bean?

. No I just can't find a recipe to do it justice.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

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By *ocksareoffMan
over a year ago

Out n About

So it's not about boobs bulging out of crop tops then?

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

This reminds me I need to sow more carrots and salad leaves

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Have you decided yet what to do with that single runner bean?

. No I just can't find a recipe to do it justice. "

Let's see what others might suggest. I will start with - chop it up with some chorizo and a scrabled egg and serve on a toasted muffin

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Have you decided yet what to do with that single runner bean?

. No I just can't find a recipe to do it justice.

Let's see what others might suggest. I will start with - chop it up with some chorizo and a scrabled egg and serve on a toasted muffin

Lol. How if it was a truffle...

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

How about you op?

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

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By *pslad99Man
over a year ago

colchester

Aint put nothing in at all this year gutted

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

thank you. There's loads of flowers on the runners and the French beans and a lot of tiny fledgling beans. I tried growing artichokes this year, I'm not sure they're going to do very well

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Aint put nothing in at all this year gutted "

Still time if you're quick

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

thank you. There's loads of flowers on the runners and the French beans and a lot of tiny fledgling beans. I tried growing artichokes this year, I'm not sure they're going to do very well

We had a really poor show last year on the fruit trees, yet this year the apple trees are really lden with fruit, plums too and pears plenty but no cherries ..

We just need a bit more rain..

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

thank you. There's loads of flowers on the runners and the French beans and a lot of tiny fledgling beans. I tried growing artichokes this year, I'm not sure they're going to do very well

I love artichokes. I didn't know that could grow easily in this country. Let us know how you get on

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

thank you. There's loads of flowers on the runners and the French beans and a lot of tiny fledgling beans. I tried growing artichokes this year, I'm not sure they're going to do very well

We had a really poor show last year on the fruit trees, yet this year the apple trees are really lden with fruit, plums too and pears plenty but no cherries ..

We just need a bit more rain.."

We've got some fairly new fruit trees, plum, pear, cherry and two apple. Between them all we have a brand total of one apple

. I see a pattern developing here

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

thank you. There's loads of flowers on the runners and the French beans and a lot of tiny fledgling beans. I tried growing artichokes this year, I'm not sure they're going to do very well

I love artichokes. I didn't know that could grow easily in this country. Let us know how you get on

I will. I think I put them in the wrong place so I transplanted them last week.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We've got tomatos, cucumbers, chillis, gooseberries, rhubarb, strawberries, granny smiths, grapes, all doing well at the moment. Not many goosegogs left, i've eaten most already.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

Fingers crossed..

thank you. There's loads of flowers on the runners and the French beans and a lot of tiny fledgling beans. I tried growing artichokes this year, I'm not sure they're going to do very well

We had a really poor show last year on the fruit trees, yet this year the apple trees are really lden with fruit, plums too and pears plenty but no cherries ..

We just need a bit more rain..

We've got some fairly new fruit trees, plum, pear, cherry and two apple. Between them all we have a brand total of one apple

. I see a pattern developing here "

New ones will take a while, one cherry and one pear are the same. I don't expect anything from them for a couple of years till they're established tbh..

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"We've got tomatos, cucumbers, chillis, gooseberries, rhubarb, strawberries, granny smiths, grapes, all doing well at the moment. Not many goosegogs left, i've eaten most already.

I saw Monty Don was talking about gooseberries on Friday. I'm not a fan but my mum used to love them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got strawberries and raspberries currently and spied 2 baby courgettes yesterday (so they are probably marrows today

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I've got strawberries and raspberries currently and spied 2 baby courgettes yesterday (so they are probably marrows today

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that is so true.

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

Yip. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, potatoes, radish, carrots, tomatoes and loads of herbs x

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yip. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, potatoes, radish, carrots, tomatoes and loads of herbs x"

We aren't very successful with carrots because we're on such heavy clay

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

"Yip. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, potatoes, radish, carrots, tomatoes and loads of herbs x

We aren't very successful with carrots because we're on such heavy clay "

I was surprised at mine. They did really well last year, I was impressed, seems I'm more green fingered than I thought

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yip. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, potatoes, radish, carrots, tomatoes and loads of herbs x

We aren't very successful with carrots because we're on such heavy clay

I was surprised at mine. They did really well last year, I was impressed, seems I'm more green fingered than I thought

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yip. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, potatoes, radish, carrots, tomatoes and loads of herbs x

We aren't very successful with carrots because we're on such heavy clay "

We have quite heavy soil here too, so I mixed the plot with lots of compost and planted some carrot seeds. You've never seen anything like these when pulled. Each carrot had at least 5 legs, curled up, distorted, you name it. I've not tried growing them since.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Yip. Strawberries, peas, lettuce, potatoes, radish, carrots, tomatoes and loads of herbs x

We aren't very successful with carrots because we're on such heavy clay

I feel your pain

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

I have one tomato plant that's nearly dead.

One yellow tomato plant that got snapped in half in yesterday's wind.

A pepper that has a couple of leaves.

I'm doing well

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Strawberries not too bad, tomato plants doing well. Should be a big crop of blackberries again this year.

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By *on_mclaneMan
over a year ago

manchester

Strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, radish, potatoes, spring onions, lettuce and peppers, pulled the first radish yesterday and already picked at least 4lbs of cherry tomatoes, apple tree looking good for this year as well as pear tree.

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By *elsh_naturist_coupleCouple
over a year ago

Newport

Yup.

We've harvested radish, and we've had a small crop of peas.

Been getting strawberries and raspberries the kast few weeks. Prob got some blueberries to pick when we get back from holiday.

Dwarf beans are flowering and looks like we will have a good crop of apples too!

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

We've harvested the radish already. We have potatoes, carrot's, lettuce, marrows, courgettes, red cabbage, turnips, beetroot and sweet corn in the beds. We've also got gooseberries, Logan berries and raspberries. Then we have the herb garden which is by the back door for ease, which has various mints, rosemary, thyme, marjoram, oregano and chives.

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk

"Yep. Salad, micro greens, strawberries, sugar snap peas, courgettes and one runner bean

Freeze the beans from the one runner bean, then next year..

I'm hoping it's the first of many, not the only one

First year of growing runner beans at this house, picked 12 this morning, so don't give up just yet.. and I've never picked them this early ever

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

"So it's not about boobs bulging out of crop tops then? "

It sadly does not seem to be

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just made Rhubarb crumble - yum!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

12 different tomato's 2 of each plant

24 different chilli's 2 of each plants

runner beans

french beans

blueberrys

4 different types of apple on 2 trees

3 different cherries trees

sweet corn

garlic

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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

Not a lot of vegetables; just rhubarb and spring onions. Lots more fruit on its way though; apples, pears, figs, raspberries, gooseberries and black currants. Sadly the grape vine has died so nograpes this year.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Well done fabbers.

I’ve fallen well behind this year concentrating on my flower garden instead. But I have a new potting shed so will surge ahead next year!

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