This year I am growing
Courgettes and Beetroot. I have also just scarified and overseeded my lawn.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:26, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

courgettes are one of the most rewarding things to grow in my experience
because you get so many of the bastards

last year I grew butternut squash. I got 2 enormous squash and a plant that took over most of the known world.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:28, Reply)

I'm starting on courgettes this year
and I'll try something more tricky next year. Last year I grew onions. They were pointless. I also grew garlic, which didn't really get very big, though I think they're still in the shed.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:29, Reply)

I've got garlic on the go at the moment, which is doing ok
the tastiest things were probably the baby gem lettuce and the carrots.

hugely successful aubergines too

I'm thinking of having a pop at growing some strawberries this year, the really small ones that will grow anywhere.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:32, Reply)

When do you plant squash for best results?
Ms Foxtrot bloody loves them. To present her with a huge squash I'd grown myself would probably get me a Dutch Rudder at the very least
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:30, Reply)

considering I only got 2 squash from an enormous plant
I'm not sure when you grow them for best effect...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:32, Reply)

Touche
You're right about courgettes being prolific. I might grow a fuckload, put them in Mr Potato Head shoes, paint eyes on them and line them up outside my housemate's bedroom door
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:35, Reply)

sounds like an excellent plan

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:39, Reply)

I could really do with a housemate who smokes much more dope though

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:44, Reply)

everyone could

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:51, Reply)

But if everyone got them
there would be less dope for us
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:53, Reply)

that's true

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:58, Reply)

Unless...
surely there's a solution involving the current subject matter in respect of using our gardens to grow things... how is dope made again?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:59, Reply)

ummmmm....like.....errr
doesn't it like....grow...in the ground....or something
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Dude!
That's an awesome idea! Why has no-one else thought of growing their own?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 13:08, Reply)

Sweet!
I dunno! you would like never run out!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 13:16, Reply)

If everyone did that
there'd be no need for anyone to do anything ever
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 13:28, Reply)

you don't plant squash
you buy it

robinson's lemon barley water is my favourite
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:34, Reply)

Sow in pots/trays inside at the end of april/start of may
keep inside until the plants are too big to manage (this way they should survive piss poor british summer & slugs), then plant outside and watch them take over your garden.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:35, Reply)

Excellent
Thank you. If this does not work I shall blame you and post my piss-poor attempts at vegetables to your house, strapped to some frozen compost and a G4 record by way of vengeance
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:43, Reply)