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Owdboggy · 09-08-2010, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ®óñ© © ²°¹°

On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:02:29 +0100, Jill Bell
wrote:

On 09/08/2010 19:34, wrote:

To be honest, the one thing I hate most about home grown veg is the amount
of washing off soil that one has to do.

That was my pet hate about home grown leeks - they usually had to be
picked in the rain, so by the time I'd donned wellies and waterproofs,
paddled down to the veggie patch and dragged them out of the ground
covered in ud, I had freezing cold hands. Then there was all the
cleaning off to do, with cold water, by which time my hands were blue.
And they still ended up with far more mud and grot down the stems than
shop bought. In fact, I finally decided that it was easier to buy them
from the supermarket.
Now, I've got very little space for veggies, and a remaining son at home
who will only eat peas and sweetcorn (the frozen variety - where did I
go wrong as a parent?!?) so I restrict myself to my favourite, runner
beans, and a couple of courgette plants.
Jill

I grow a few spuds in large buckets

When I harvest them, I throw them onto the sward and
hose them down. let them drain and then take them indoors for a final
rinse.

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All you need to do with leeks is to trim the unwanted green bits off, the roots and then stand them green side down in a bowl of cold water. All the grit drops out.

Have to confess I much prefer Frozen peas to the fresh ones, except when the fresh are straight out of the garden and eaten raw.

Off hand I cannot think of a vegetable which we ever have so much of that we can give it away even to family. Mind we eat more veg than most people and very little meat.

Had the first Juiced Apples today, lovely and sharp.