This discussion has been closed.
Posted by punpun (U14553477) on Monday, 19th July 2010
Hi,
Well what a morning "it's boiling here" the roses are looking great as are the flowers beds, the lettuce's are just ready for the salad bowl,
LETTUCE, i was talking to a french nieghbour this morning and he slows down his lettuce growing by digging them out of the soil and leaving them sitting on the side of the bed for a few hours, they look a sad site "wilting " but then he replants them waters them well in and this slows down the lettice by up to a week,
we do get plenty of seeds in a packet of lettuce seed's but they do tend to come up all about the same time and so we can have to many for the table at any one time.
Ive always picked the leaves when very small anyway as these are really fresh crisp and just the right size, and the lettuce continues to grow after my picking of the young leaves.
But there you go you've two ways of using your lettuce plants.
The sweet peas are produciing some really beautiful flowers, the perfume off them is a must in any small toilet room window ledge,
Ive noticed the sweet pea pods are growing well and again free seeds to come for another part of the garden, i use plenty of manure around the peas during the winter as they are a greedy feeder and really do well if fed well.
The verious beans and garden peas are all doing well, broad beans dont have any black fly on them thanks to the used washing up liquid and a spray most nights.
Question?
Ive been reading a very old garden book i bought in the animal rescue shop a few years ago and it says that the best part for cooking and stock making of a cabbage and sprout plant is the stork?
Has anyone used the storks for cooking? And if so what was the results?
Never been able to catch them.
No almost impossible, even if you do catch them and stop them flying off, their legs and necks are so long it's dificult to find a suitable pan for them. The make a hell of a squawking too which disturbs the neighbours. It's the same with cranes and herons I find.
Bon appetit!
It seems rather counter-intuitive to buy a cookery book in an animal rescue shop and follow the instruction to cook storks. Surely hedgehogs would be simpler.
They are a naughty lot!
stalks are good for stock making, but I really like using calabrese stalks cut thinly and diagonally in stir fries etc
Well finding a pan for just on hedge is bad enough - for one that
hogs hedges?
Tell me, does anyone one know how to stalk storks?
(or should that be stork stalks)
I think camouflage would be required.
Ah, I see now, that's where the cabbage and sprout comes in!
Sorry punpun, for the.....eh....puns
Thats ok, at least ive found life out there,
anyway I prefer butter to stork any day
Welcome to the new Gardening Board. If this is your first time, then make sure you check out the
or  to take part in a discussion.
The message board is currently closed for posting.
Weekdays 09:00-00:00
Weekends 10:00-00:00
This messageboard is .
Find out more about this board's
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú © 2014 The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.