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Quote from: nastybritishgardener on September 02, 2008, 23:34:33
my failure was lettuces and cabbages due to a troublesome Kaninchen.
I finally killed them after 3 week rein of terror to my veg.
They made a very nice Hasenpfeffer.

Well that clearly states not British, killing rabbits and making stew and using GERMAN words for it.... sigh!!!

The use of german words was for effect.
As for my garden and home ,I am located not far from one of Chucks homes.

Quote from: nastybritishgardener on September 02, 2008, 23:56:15
The use of german words was for effect.
As for my garden and home ,I am located not far from one of Chucks homes.

Dallas, Texas then.  Only home I know Chuck norris to own!!

springbokgirlie wrong chuck. the Chuck I am talking about .
Is a large scale organic grower. With mother named Elizabeth
and his first wife died in car crash.

I'm sure you'd be good in a Hasenpfeffer too!

Quote from: nastybritishgardener on September 03, 2008, 00:04:19
springbokgirlie wrong chuck. the Chuck I am talking about .
Is a large scale organic grower. With mother named Elizabeth
and his first wife died in car crash.

Royalty and germans huh... PSML.  Oh come on.. your so typically across the pond mate mentioning that one!!.

Quote from: nastybritishgardener on September 02, 2008, 23:34:33
my failure was lettuces and cabbages due to a troublesome Kaninchen.
I finally killed them after 3 week rein of terror to my veg.
They made a very nice Hasenpfeffer.

Well done.  I bet revenge was sweet!

Brussel Sprts total bust. :(
On the other hand- I grew a fantastic crop of beetles. ;D
Question: why do none of our resident birds eat those specific beetles.  :-\

greyhound yes and delish.

Total failures this year are Casa banana, Quillquina and Burdock. Most other crops produced results in line with the seasons weather with Ocra rating as outstanding. The Oca and Sweet potato harvests are not due for another 12 weeks or so but are looking healthy.

My goodness Eristic, you do grow some unusual stuff! I must try to be more adventurous in future!

Melons and cucumbers for me. Melons i tried Minnesota Midget again but no joy the fruit just would'nt grow so i dug them up and replaced with a Tomato plant. Cucumbers i tried Telegraph in the greenhouse where you have to remove the male flowers all the fruit i had off it were bitter so i must not have got all the males off. All female variety next year and not bothering with melons. Other than that been great, big up for raised beds.

 Tomatoes!

They grew ok but got the blight in both pots and soil - I think I may have over watered ?

Sweetcorn , First couple of cobs ok - rest bit rubbish !

Peas!  left them on the plants too long and lost a lot !

Main crop spuds !  Deserie [ cant spell ]   Early results lovely, then found a lot of slug damage, will
try the coffee solution next year.

In passing,     NBG - TGG - or the BGG ho ho ho   :P

You remined me of someone I knew many years ago,   who would  - at coffee break - offer a hot topic
for a group discussion, then once everybody was in full heated swing  --  He would disappear unnoticed !

It,s not you is it ?   ?   ::)

Floss xxx

I'm not counting my toms as failures, cos although both 'house and outdoor ones got blighted, I'm still going to get loads to ripen under paper, but..

Fennel, despite growing Rudy (slow to bolt) and ANOther 'slow to bolt' variety. None of them bulbed up, yet I've grown successfully each previous year I've grown them.

btw....took me ages to realize that 'Chuck' was 'Charles'...thought this was yet another strange American name in its own right when my US friends talked about their husbands when I had my first puter & started making international cyber-friends.. :-[

Quote from: nastybritishgardener on September 02, 2008, 23:34:33
my failure was lettuces and cabbages due to a troublesome Kaninchen.
I finally killed them after 3 week rein of terror to my veg.
They made a very nice Hasenpfeffer.

are you in germany then, only asked as you used German words to describe your pests. are you going to try winter lettuces to make up for your loss. although i live in a semi-rural area i haven't got problems with rabbits, but foxes digging up the garden that i have >:(.

Saying it was my first year of growing I'm chuffed and over-the-moon with the returns  that we have had, but for next year it is a good crop of onions, carrots, Peas  and Saurkraut:)

Quote from: nastybritishgardener on September 02, 2008, 23:34:33
my failure was lettuces and cabbages due to a troublesome Kaninchen.
I finally killed them after 3 week rein of terror to my veg.
They made a very nice Hasenpfeffer.

What were you doing allowing a rock/punk band on your patch ? not suprised they mucked up your lettuces.  ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaninchen

I thought Hasenpfeffer came from a Bugs Bunny cartoon
"BRING ME HASENPFEFFER!!!!"

Nah you're thinking of wacky racers. Muttley "HASENPFEFFERing dick darstedly."

Ahem, sorry back to topic..........

Quote from: northener on September 03, 2008, 07:12:25
Melons and cucumbers for me. Melons i tried Minnesota Midget again but no joy the fruit just would'nt grow so i dug them up and replaced with a Tomato plant.

Did you do the hand pollination bit?