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17-06-2012, 11:23 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

wrote:
Ok, not staggeringly exciting, and not really 'first' cos we've had
one or two currants, strawberries and a pile of rhubarb, but

* 160g of potatoes
* 150g broad beans (pre-shelling)

We have had the best broad-bean tops ever (no blackfly!) and the best
spinach ever (cold and wet) and have had some strawberries. I don't
count rhubarb, as the deal is that I don't get given it :-)

You're not a fan? Shame. It's much more interesting than stewed apple.

I couldn't convince the boys that we should take the tops off the broad
beans (they have some on their own raised bed as well as the main ones)
as they wanted them to keep growing. We definitely have black fly on
some, but most of them are clear. It's always struck me as quite odd
how you get a patch of clean ones and then 1 or 2 coated in black in
the middle.

I really ought to grow spinach, I'm quite fond of it (much nicer than
lettuce, and I don't get complained at when I cook it, like I do with
lettuce - apparently frying lettuce in butter is a no-no!).