We've grown sick & tired of Marrows this year - they just kept coming until
we forced ourselves to eat no more than one a week and gave the rest away.
They finally stopped producing and we ate the last a fortnight ago. What a
blessed relief!

I was having a clear-up around the compost heap today and came across a
marrow plant that I had discarded. It missed the compost bin and fell in the
gap by the hedge. Despite not being hand-fertilised it had produced the
biggest b******* marrow of the season. AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!

I was having a clear-up around the compost heap today and came across a
marrow plant that I had discarded. It missed the compost bin and fell in
the
gap by the hedge. Despite not being hand-fertilised it had produced the
biggest b******* marrow of the season. AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!

Outdoor marrows/courgettes don't need hand pollinating in my experience.

Mary

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:31:10 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:




I was having a clear-up around the compost heap today and came across a
marrow plant that I had discarded. It missed the compost bin and fell in
the
gap by the hedge. Despite not being hand-fertilised it had produced the
biggest b******* marrow of the season. AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!

Outdoor marrows/courgettes don't need hand pollinating in my experience.

but you have busy bees :-)
--
Martin

"..........Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!......."

But Why?

If you had left some to mature and get ripe they make good Jam. Marrow and
ginger.
You can take the base off, remove the seed and fill with brown sugar, hang
the marrow in a clean stocking, or even 2 of them in a pair of tights, and
when the sugar has fermented and worked its way through the marrow you have
Marrow rum
Finally when Ripe they will keep most of the winter so you can have one
every so often, better than when you have them immature.


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Subject: Something Nasty behind the compost heap...
From: "Mary Fisher"
Date: 09/10/03 22:31 Romance Daylight Time
Message-id:




I was having a clear-up around the compost heap today and came across a
marrow plant that I had discarded. It missed the compost bin and fell in
the
gap by the hedge. Despite not being hand-fertilised it had produced the
biggest b******* marrow of the season. AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!

Outdoor marrows/courgettes don't need hand pollinating in my experience.

Mary


I had a really good mixed display of geraniums and Tomatoes this year! The
result of composting the remains from the greenhouse last year! Can't keep
nature down!
Phil

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
"..........Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!......."

But Why?

If you had left some to mature and get ripe they make good Jam. Marrow and
ginger.

That's so.

You can take the base off, remove the seed and fill with brown sugar, hang
the marrow in a clean stocking, or even 2 of them in a pair of tights, and
when the sugar has fermented and worked its way through the marrow you
have
Marrow rum

Which is delicious!

Finally when Ripe they will keep most of the winter so you can have one
every so often, better than when you have them immature.

Absolutely.

Very useful, marrows. I still prefer them as courgettes though.

Mary


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Outdoor marrows/courgettes don't need hand pollinating in my experience.

but you have busy bees :-)

No longer.

There are plenty of pollinating insects everywhere.

Mary

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 22:13:49 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:

"..........Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!......."

But Why?

A very good question.

You can also pick the flowers dip them in batter and fry them like the
Italians do.

We ate our last marrows yesterday :-(

snip

Finally when Ripe they will keep most of the winter so you can have one
every so often, better than when you have them immature.

How do you store them David, ours went rotten last year.
--
Martin

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from "Sad Sid" . contains these words:

Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!

I make surplus marrows into jams and chutney.

--
Rusty Hinge
horrid·squeak&zetnet·co·uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

"Sad Sid" . wrote in message
...
We've grown sick & tired of Marrows this year - they just kept
coming until
we forced ourselves to eat no more than one a week and gave the rest
away.
They finally stopped producing and we ate the last a fortnight ago.
What a
blessed relief!

I was having a clear-up around the compost heap today and came
across a
marrow plant that I had discarded. It missed the compost bin and
fell in the
gap by the hedge. Despite not being hand-fertilised it had produced
the
biggest b******* marrow of the season. AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Next year? Definitely NO MARROWS!

Make Marrow & Ginger jam :~)) Its yummy

http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk.../marrowjam.htm
Jenny

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from iljunk (Pen Phill) contains these words:

I had a really good mixed display of geraniums and Tomatoes this year! The
result of composting the remains from the greenhouse last year! Can't keep
nature down!

Dug a hole in the front 'lawn' to molish a bed, and everything in the
resulting filth - er - tilth except three nasturtiums were self set.
Though I did move a few to more sensible places. It's been a blaze of
colour all summer.

Have: (Apart from bulbs)

Sweet tobacco in many colours;
violas in different sizes,:
a couple of pansies, (Julian and Sandy);
lots of lobelia, some rampant, some couchant;
a scented geranium - well, thousands really;
'cottage garden' flower whose name I can't unforget;
teazels;
sunflowers and certain cereals and legumes wot arose from birdseed. No,
none of that!
a peanut;
and the usual crop of weeds.

--
Rusty Hinge
horrid·squeak&zetnet·co·uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm