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Ours slowed down a little while the cucumbers were going mad but have suddenly started up with a vengeance! Courgette bread was a bit of a disaster...the bread maker stopped working and I ended up with a half mixed mess. Tried to rework it but it turned into a heavy pudding...made a good topping in ...

Just started noticing the ads due to this thread....Colgate toothpaste, B&B's , and home-brew! conjures up a great picture!!

Chickened out and made courgette bread and pakoras instead... Will search for a better choc cake recipe that one did not sound right!

Will have to look into this further...like the sound of hydroponics! AND I love mange tout!

This is the way OH makes hers... 175g dark chocolate (cheap value brand is good) 250g finely grated courgettes (skins and all) 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon 100g castor sugar 175ml sunflower/veg oil 2 medium eggs Grate the courgette into a bowl with the dry ing...

tzatziki...hadn't thought of that. Don't like Gin, but maybe vodka???? Very easy to grow, did it in the greenhouse and looked very weedy but have had loads of fruits and there are lots more coming.The instructions say that they grow outdoors and prefer arid conditions, maybe they flourished when we ...

Thanks Zech, I posted that thread and had completely forgotten about courgette bread! Will start a loaf now...still using most of the recipes tho. I love this type of glut makes you so inventive. Now...just need to work out some recipes for the four cucumbers a day we have been picking for the last ...

Had loads of these little cucumber melons, grown this year for the first time and now am wondering what I can do with them. We have eaten them raw, made bruschetta , and seen a recipe for pickles. Has anyone else tried them? wondered about stir frying them also. Wish our grandson lived near, he woul...

Hi there. We live very close to you but as I am currently abroad cannot think where to suggest except alongside the railway line footpath which runs from Minnis bay to Reculver, I am sure I have seen some along there. Did not want you to have no answers....I will speak to OH in next week or so cos h...

I was wondering that too. Have done it twice now and seems fairly simple as long as you take care about inflammable surfaces being well away from the flue!

Thanks Marc and sleepyowl! Have i sussed out the planting advice? What did you do? Actually I love asparagus, hate globe artichokes tho!!

Hi JJ We fitted our own in the barn and spare room in Portugal. VERY simple if you dont mind knocking a hole through an outside wall. Have to ensure that the pipe is well away from anything flammable but it really was simple. Made a base of stone slabs. and bought the flues with the stoves. One is a...

Help! We were in france and bought a packet of what my OH fondly thought were black runner beans (he should have had his reading glasses on!) Now home he has opened the packet and we have belatedly translated the name of the plants...turns out to be black salsify. Has anyone any tips on growing / co...

I remember in the 70's when we used to put on vinegar and corn oil and sit in the sun! Smelt like fish and chips and must have literally fried our skin! Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Hi Tree Agree with everything earlier posters have said, not to put you off but you are more likely to achieve the dream if you are realistic! If the landshare site has nothing in your area, how about getting the use of more land...have you any elderly neighbours who would be willing to let you shar...