I have sown some Feltham First and cloched them - I am hoping to beat my record set this year of one pod containing three peas 9they were Greenshaft maincrops). Does anybody know of a better early pea than Felthams, which I understand are best used as mushy peas, and/or a more reliable cropper than Greenshafts that also taste nice. I know not everybody grows them but they are useful as a green manure as well as a food crop and I can only eat so many French and Runner beans.

And yes, I will be buying yet more canes to grow some borlottis this year

Well done Ady
I grew Pilot last year, loved them but then I'm no expert, they were my first peas Trying Feltham fisrt this year as well, and Meteor....and more Pilot cos I'd forgotten I still had a packet
In the Spring mange-tout peas 'Norli', no shelling

I did mange tout and I think I saw two pods. So not very prolific ey Cost me a bomb anorl I shall have another attempt with em next year

Don't know why I am here. Have no advice to offer

Meteor ... see quote in other thread

I don't why I was in the pea thread either Baggy but it's quite pleasant in here int it

Which quote? Where?
Oooh fancy meeting you in here Bags and Wards... Nibbles anyone?

Coo ta Dom. I'll have a eel vol u vent

I had a nice helping of mange tout with me tea..........2 did you say
watson was thinkin on planting some........but thats
kinda a bit too much outlay for very little return

I love mange tout and I thought it would grow easily but it didn't I bought Carouby de Mausanne (or sommat similar ) from Tuckers. I got loads in the packet Jags if you want some. They are supposed to be red flowered but I can't vouch for that cos I never saw one.

As I have a packetful I shall have another bash with them this year.

Only since I have been reading you guys's posts........am I starting to
get more adventurous in the veg I eat.........even had moussaka...
wait for it with COURGETTES the other night and lived
to tell the tale........have never planted garlic before.........so broke
me virginity this year........folks would think I was a perv.........know how
you split to plant the cloves.........I was sniffing the stalk from the
middle as the guy next door was peekin over the fence....love the smell

I love moussaka and my ma used to make it for us but she used to put sliced spuds under the "custard". Lovley stuff

So Jags what's yer most adventurous veg so far then I think mine was celeriac cos I'd never eaten it before last year.

I have been trying a new one each week watson..............have tried the celeriac...........thought I wouldn't like it....as not too keen on celery...but
I liked it...........also got a new steamer around the same time as well
sooooooooo they kinda went hand in hand............

I've not tried kohl rabi, scorzerona or salsify yet. Anyone ?

Kohl rabi is good stuff a bit like turnip but nuttier We got some in our veggie box & liked it so bought some seed to put in next year

Nutty, yeah a lady on our plots told me that. She'd grown it for the first time and really liked it

Tara nearly did Khol Rabi this year. I gave her all my seedling as I was going through a can't give a stuff phase and she let her slugs eat them. Bit like I drowned the tom plants she gave me

So Bags, you doing em again next year

I have vowed that next year will be 'the year'. I am turning half of my garden into plot so that I can grow the stuff that sulks / bolts / falls over if you dont nurture it. Roughty-toughty stuff is going on thew plot so that if I only get there a tthe weekend it wont have all keeled over.

Parsnips and leeks are good Bags cos they just sit there and don't need fawning over, oh and onions and garlic anorl

Leeks get strimmed and I dont do 'arsnips. I will try celeriac and swede and carrots. Gonna try garlic and nunions again. Got 4 garlic bulbs from 3 bulbs that I split into and planted cloves so that wasn't such a good return rate

I reckon carrots are quite tricky and I never seem to have any when I need em. I reckon leeks are the easiest and tastiest crop. I aint got a strimmer so me veg are safe

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