...keep a closer eye on my courgettes.
Flipping heck. I'm not really into weighing vegetables, but thought I would this time as a record of my gardening incompetence. A courgette really shouldn't be big enough to be the main part of dinner for five, with some to spare. D'oh...
Edit: apparently I can't insert images any better than I can garden. Try again...
Edit again: no, still not! Oh well. Just imagine a really big courgette, nearly a kilo in weight. Right - fifth time lucky
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haha excellent. We end up giving a fair few of ours away, cos you just get too many.
I roasted some last night with cherry tomatoes, onion, chilli, garlic, and then stirred them through some pasta with some basil, butter, olive oil, salt and pepper, and a bit of cheese at the end. Washed down with a couple of glasses of red wine - lovely.
One of the good things about the garden is you have to get creative to use the ingredients - I tend to get a bit lazy otherwise.
The next courgette to be used is already oversized though! Might have to stuff this next one, and pretend it's a mini-marrow...
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I like the 'Tondo Chiaro di Nizza' courgettes - round ones... absolutely superb.
I think the other two I have are 'All Green Bush' and 'Yellow Straight Neck' - but oddly they dont seem as prolific as last year, even though the soil is better, and the position is similar.
I havent seen as many bees around this year, and I wondered if that was why.
Good point about the bees. My courgette triffid is right next to a lavender hedge we're trying to start, so it could be we're benefitting from a bit of side-interest from that...
@chillidoggy you're not wrong! I've got to go and find the next one tonight - hopefully it's not quite as monstrous...
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