Janet Baraclough wrote:

Although courgettes/marrows are easy, in 30 years I've never succeeded
with ripening squashes inandaround Glasgow; and I've tried lots, from
ornamental gourds to butternut squash and pumpkins. I suspect it's due
to the relatively low light levels, and lack of sun-baking, as well as
the cool temperature in autumn. If they form fruit at all they are
stunted and don't ripen.

We managed to get some decent vegetable spaghetti this year.
Small, yes, but very tasty. I don't know about ripening,
we just brought them indoors and left them lying around in
the kitchen for a few days...

Some years, like this one, you can get away with sweetcorn in west
Scotland (buy a variety bred for northern short-season climates; start
them in pots under cover) which are well worth the effort.

Mmm, sweetcorn... I suspect my little patch is a bit small
for that though.

Home-grown
cauliflowers are easy and good, the little tennis-ball sized varieties
are particularly tasty.

Yes, we grew cauliflowers last year, which was a bit of a
surprise as we were expecting them to be cabbages (seedlings
donated by a friend). Or rather, we were expecting them to
be Brussels sprouts, and the Brussels sprouts were supposed
to be cabbages...

Rhiannon