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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:13 pm
by 4kidsnocash
How are your courgettes doing Luke? I know this is an old post but I've been scouring the older posts and saw this. I started growing various veg about 3 years ago, and the humble courgette is by far the easiest to grow, and as you say very productive. I'm currently munching through this years crops of tomato's, strawberries, lettuce (obviously) cauliflower and of course courgette's; I still have cucumber, (black) chilli peppers, red cabbage and leeks to look forward to. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, my plot measures about 5 feet by 25 feet.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:44 am
by lukeofyorkshire
4kidsnocash I am so jealous at the size of your plot!
It has not been a great year for my courgettes. too much rain and not enough sunshine, but still producing enough for my needs even then! God I love them, as you say, so easy to grow.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:28 pm
by 4kidsnocash
The size of my "plot" is basically double what my back garden border was. I would love to get my hands on an allotment though, I could grow so much more.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:33 pm
by kallis3
We've had the best crop of strawberries ever this year - they've finished now though.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:38 pm
by lukeofyorkshire
I would kill for an allotment but waiting list is huge in my area.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:18 pm
by 4kidsnocash
It is here too, the real shocker is I dislike gardening.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:20 pm
by lukeofyorkshire
Haha so do I!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:27 pm
by kallis3
I hate gardening - I just love to sit in there with a drink or two!
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:28 pm
by lukeofyorkshire
Jan that is my kind of 'gardening' lol
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:40 pm
by kallis3
Too right!
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:19 am
by lukeofyorkshire
How did people do this year?
What with the poor summer, wet weather and previous mild winter the slug population explosion did for all but one of my 12 plants. I used so much slug repellant and put out slug traps (margarine tubs full of booze) but to no avail.
I put out 12 margarine tubs with beer dregs in and on the first night I swear there must have been over 60 caught.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:58 pm
by Foggy
60 were caught, Luke, but hundreds drove off in the other direction .......
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:06 am
by lukeofyorkshire
Sadly they did Foggy and took my courgette plants with em!
Would have a greenhouse but one I had years ago was destroyed by local yobs as were the ones neighbours bought [:(]