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General => News => Topic started by: GlentoranMark on August 23, 2010, 15:40:49

Title: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: GlentoranMark on August 23, 2010, 15:40:49: And be honest ;D

I had to buy potatoes today. Our site suffered badly from blight last year so I decided only to grow one bed of earlies this year. Unfortunately the last of the earlies were scoffed last week :-\

Everyone had a bumper crop and no blight this year, my own mistake.
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: sunloving on August 25, 2010, 08:36:52: Shame about your potatoes. My toms are just dying a death now to.

When i thought about the veg it made me smile to think i hadnt bought any for months :)

Its fruit thats my problem if only we had the climate for bananas and oranges then i could skip merrily past that section at asda!

x sunloving
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: saddad on August 25, 2010, 08:38:20: Celery... ours isn't big enough yet... :-*
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: luckycharlie on August 25, 2010, 09:14:48: Does Frozen peas count!!!
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: Paulines7 on August 25, 2010, 10:15:42: Frozen sweetcorn and onions as the ones I have growing are not ready yet.
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: pigeonseed on August 26, 2010, 22:04:15: I bought a banana today! And I bought carrots last week. Apart from that we're doing well this year. I hadn't thought about it really - thanks for asking, it's cheered me up! :)

(sorry to hear about your potato misfortune :()
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: tricia on August 26, 2010, 22:19:39: Today I bought an aubergine from Lidl as I want to make a ratatouille and my two plants haven't even produced a flower - let alone a fruit!

Tricia
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: Duke Ellington on August 26, 2010, 22:36:05: Two aubergines to make a Moussaka tomorrow--I bought mine from lidl too. Last year I got nowhere growing aubergines so I have given up on them. Mine produced lovely flowers and no fruit.

Duke
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: macmac on August 26, 2010, 23:28:17: I keep buying aubergines as the 3 plants this year are like every year....RUBBISH
I've promised myself not to grow them again ! :(
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: chriscross1966 on August 26, 2010, 23:39:09: Do mushrooms count?... If so then a couple of days ago, if not then a pile of canned sweetcorn back in June when I was sorting out supplies for the festival season....
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: tricia on August 27, 2010, 16:12:16: If mushrooms count then I am guilty too. I love mushrooms and buy them frequently.

Tricia
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: goodlife on August 27, 2010, 18:50:54: Ummm..arrr....oh...veg..umm...mushrooms, bananas...I can't remember what my 'proper' veg was... ;D
Yes..frozen sweetcorn!..and that was about april/may...
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: Sally A on August 27, 2010, 20:24:34: Carrots (I don't like them cooked so don't grow them), and big spuds for baking.

If I need mushrooms I will buy, and although I'm growing a few peppers, find they are very thin walled compared to the imported ones (but they must be reduced, or I refuse to buy ;)).
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: cornykev on August 29, 2010, 14:43:53: Sweetcorn and mushies, does anyone actually grow mushrooms on here. ??? ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: elvis2003 on August 29, 2010, 14:56:08: i was wondering that this very morning kev!
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: GlentoranMark on August 29, 2010, 15:59:29: Quote from: cornykev on August 29, 2010, 14:43:53
Sweetcorn and mushies, does anyone actually grow mushrooms on here. ??? ;D ;D ;D

I've tried twice with shop bought kits but without success.
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: manicscousers on August 29, 2010, 18:42:25: mushrooms ;D
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: Sparkly on August 29, 2010, 18:53:49: I still regularly buy beansprouts, babycorn, cucumbers and tomatoes (out of season). As for fruit I buy alot of fruit - bananas, grapes, peaches, apples, pears, mangoes etc.
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: Mrs Ava on September 08, 2010, 18:13:02: Mushrooms. Wish I could grow them. A garden I worked in today had loads of white mushrooms on her lawn. Wish I knew if they were edible...there were plenty.
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: BarriedaleNick on September 08, 2010, 18:34:05: Has anyone tried the mushroom logs - always wanted to give them a go but they seemed more expensive than buying the mushrooms on their own!
Title: Re: What was the last vg you bought from a shop?
Post by: Obelixx on September 08, 2010, 20:31:00: Tomatoes. Mine refuse to ripen though chillies in the same greenhouse are fine.

Peppers. I can't grow enough for our needs.

Sweet potatoes. Can't grow them here.

Butternut squash. Mine, along with the rest of the pumpkins aren't ripe yet.

Tried mushrooms in a box under the stairs about 20 years ago. Not successful so am not planning to try the logs. In any case we prefer chestnut mushrooms and morilles so I just buy them when I need them.