beware

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[Jayb]

Indeed, take one and have five more free!

[Beersmith]

So true.

For eleven months of the year, allotmenteers will greet each other with a cheery "hello" or "g'day" or maybe "how's it going" or "are you right?", Or maybe " 'morning' " 'afternoon" or " 'evening", but not in July. In that month the standard greeting employed by all is "wannenny", as in " wannenny courgettes?".

[saddad]

Just starting... only three this morning, early days!

[Obelixx]

Two yellow courgette plants and already more than we can eat - soup, lasagna, roasted with garlic, baked with cheese, fritters....

Running out of ideas now.

[Pescador]

6kg of yellow courgettes picked today will be going into chutney tomorrow and ready for sale in 4 weeks. Will probably sell all of them before end of August!
Bring 'em on!!

[galina]

6kg of yellow courgettes picked today will be going into chutney tomorrow and ready for sale in 4 weeks. Will probably sell all of them before end of August!
Bring 'em on!!

That`s  the way, upcycling.  Turning too much of a good thing into a delicacy people can`t get enough of.   

[Obelixx]

OK if you like chutney.  Most are too vinegary for me.

[woodypecks]

Mine are really slow to get  going this year :(   Debbie

[nodig]

I suddenly realised that there is no point in growing courgettes, has anyone else come to the same conclusion?

[small]

Yes, nodig, me, my first year of courgette freedom for 40 years. I feel liberated! No more chutney that relied on the other ingredients for taste, no more courgette cake that went mouldy by next day, no more hiding them in the pasta sauce.....

[Obelixx]

I still like them but won't let OH persuade me to buy more than one plant next yeara nd certainly won't be sowing any ever again.  Can't even give away spare plants!

[Pescador]

They work well for me, but if I wasn't using them in 2 of my best selling lines, the 1 plant would be ample. As it is, 6 are fine!!!

[ancellsfarmer]

Couldn't stop growing them, neighbours to feed!! One asked in March whether I had any to spare, thought she wanted plants but no, "just a few , if you've got some yet"
Leave them in a box at the end of the drive, they 'walk'.

[ACE]

This year I planted a packet of mixed varieties, I have the usual green and yellow ones but for the first time some very pale green ones came up. They are small marrow shaped, not 'long and narrow'. I know they are all the same inside but theses light coloured ones seem a lot firmer and we prefer them to the usual varieties. They also seem to be a bit drier in texture and pick up the other flavours of the garlic, onion etc. The neighbours are now pretending to be out now when I call.