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Am i the only one?
I hate broad beans and only grow them for friends and family,as  a result i dont tend to look after them that well.
Do you lot have favourite plants that you spend the extra time and effort on?

I don't bother with my BB's much either, not because I don't like them, but because they don't need a lot of care.

I grow brussels sprouts for my husband but I can't stand them myself. I have to keep mentally telling myself that deliberatly neglecting them because I don't like them isn't fair on him, but it's still hard not to do it.

i dont like raddishes but my mum and oh do, managed 2 eat a few weenie ones when the flavour wasnt strong but a week later and i couldnt manage a whole one, lol, i do neglect them but they dont seem to mind!!! im praying my peas and courgettes and beans do ok this yr, 1st yr with a plot.... fingers crossed!! and my toms, but suspect after 2wks neglect they may be burried in weeds at best, eaten by slugs after being blown down at worst, fingers crossed the potatoes fare better.... but i am converting from couch grassland to allotment plot...oops... maybe the onions and leeks will be ok... the pigeons seem preoccupied with the attempts at cabbage... (i lack funds for nets so wont bother until i can afford the nets i think...)

definitely the tomatoes. Lovingly raised from seed, from the kitchen windowsill to the outside windowsill to the plot, staked, tied, manured, then they will  be respectfully used in: salads, fry ups, made into spaghetti sauce and cherry tomato compote and ratatouille and green tomato chutney, if I get enough I want to try drying a few.
I love the smell and look of them! And the taste - if there is one reason for having a veg lot, it is a home grown tomato!

Yes, the tomatoes. But this year is my first for parsnips so they're being coddled as well.

sweet potatoes and melons, really trying this year to get something more than 'fingers and thumbs' on the sweet pots

Quote from: antipodes on June 30, 2008, 11:01:35
definitely the tomatoes. Lovingly raised from seed, from the kitchen windowsill to the outside windowsill to the plot, staked, tied, manured, then they will  be respectfully used in: salads, fry ups, made into spaghetti sauce and cherry tomato compote and ratatouille and green tomato chutney, if I get enough I want to try drying a few.
I love the smell and look of them! And the taste - if there is one reason for having a veg lot, it is a home grown tomato!

I love the smell brings back memories of helping dad in the greenhouse as a child.

Tomatoes, cucumbers, runner beans.

Yes, my Loganberry.

I take pretty good care (Or try to) of all my crops but my Loganberry always gets an extra few tender words of encouragement before I leave.