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Posted: 08 October 2006 at 7:00pm | IP Logged

hurrah

lily has been off her food the last couple of days

i went to the garden earlier and brought back my spoils!

lily just loved corn on the cob

we cooked it and cut it into 3, she munched away

she has home grown raspberries and cucumber for tomorrow too!

not  sure shed like gourds!-shame cos ive got 27!!   

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 7:11pm | IP Logged

its all been taken now

the weathers ruined a lot of it!

but youd be very welcome to stop by! weve got spare courgettes and marrows!

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 7:16pm | IP Logged

I like courgettes too.  Do you deliver?

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 7:20pm | IP Logged

well you know i really should cos ive had loads of produce this year!

the only thing that didnt grow was my melon!

dizie sampled a marrow!

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 7:34pm | IP Logged

You got H to eat marrow? Blimey - they must have been good.

I got lots of raspberries this year, but two of my kids don't care how much input they've had to the growing of vegetables - they still won't eat anything except carrots! Two out of my three are really difficult eaters, and I can chalk up 'home growing' as yet another bloody idea that didn't work! (Though I don't mind this failure quite so much as I at least now have lots of homemade yummy jam, which my eldest adores!)

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 7:47pm | IP Logged

well she said she ate it!!!lol

we tried to make jam once it would be better descibed as treacle!

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 8:07pm | IP Logged

Ah, you see, there are two secrets to good jam. (God, how domestic am I? just call me Margarite Patten!)

One is a good pan (Lakeland plastics do one) and the second is Certo pectin. Follow the instructions on the bottle and you can't go wrong, make sure you've warmed your jars too. Yum.

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 9:06pm | IP Logged

YES I DID EAT THE MARROW!!! It was lovely. We had veggie lasagne! Beasts!!

I have to say, Rachel's jam is very good - note to 3smallboys, I need more Jam!

Jo, when you come up next, bring Rachel all your gourds and she can make you Gourd Jam!

Posted: 08 October 2006 at 9:09pm | IP Logged

ewwww gourd jam-yuck

im taking them to school for the play shop

its veg week!!