tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6992894900710713680..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Hastings surplus garlicAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-58100227016777611802012-09-11T18:02:39.573+01:002012-09-11T18:02:39.573+01:00I just remembered a story about a place in America...I just remembered a story about a place in America, I think, where courgettes - zucchini - grow in such abundance that they say you should never leave your car unlocked during the zucchini season as when you return you'll find it filled with them.<br /><br />(I do think RR should have had something to say about his great love of cucurbitae...)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-56828804940704885942012-09-11T17:22:09.881+01:002012-09-11T17:22:09.881+01:00Lucy Sympathy appreciated. I always leave a few Fr...Lucy Sympathy appreciated. I always leave a few French beans to ripen in the pod. As you say they are excellent on their own. In Spain you often see the withered ripened pods for sale in green grocers at this time of year.<br /><br />Roderick Robinson To thine won self be true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-69628928654728593802012-09-11T11:53:29.329+01:002012-09-11T11:53:29.329+01:00I am emerging out of the mists of blognyms as my t...I am emerging out of the mists of blognyms as my true self. Just testingRoderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-41436258869668059382012-09-11T08:45:01.023+01:002012-09-11T08:45:01.023+01:00Yes, our first, small, potimarron type pumpkin mad...Yes, our first, small, potimarron type pumpkin made more than two good meals for us, how to get through the mountain of them to come, even giving them away, when many people grow their own anyway? But it was good, and as you say, it's the pleasure of the growing. <br /><br />The French beans you could leave to grow and dry - or partially dry and keep in the freezer to use in soups and stews... Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com