Have you had a special moment today? Mine happened when I brushed past the sweetpeas on my way to the compost bin, and smelt the wonderful fragrance of afore mentioned flowers. I love sweetpeas - had them in my bridal bouquet.

Eating a couple of my home-grown tomatoes.......

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a home grown tomato"
Lewis Grizzard

Great minds, Popeye!

That must be lovely to be able to pick your own fruit and veg from the garden! Not a lovely moment today, but yesterday my daughter went shopping and came back with a little pink teddy bear for me that she bought out of her pocket money! Ahhh!

Do you do parsnips? I just lerrrv parsnips!

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Originally posted by popeye:
No parsnips this year, haven't been organised enough, got beans, onions, salad onions, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, peas (only to eat raw though, hate cooked peas) carrots, swede, red and black currants, strawberries

Sounds pretty organised to me Popeye! I only have my tomatoes...apart from the apples and plums which are falling from the trees as we speak!

Our parsnips failed this year - something cheeky ate them before they got going properly. Had yummy toms (taking a while to ripen since we had those grey days), lots of courgettes and boat loads of runner beans and french beans. Went around the neighbourhood today with two carriers of beans, seeing if I could offload any. Think they thought I was a gypsy selling pegs at the door!

I'll have some!

Sorry Popeye, that was Moonbeam's beans I was after!

I'll put some in the post Mumsy. Last year I actually posted some thru a friend's letterbox, bean by bean. Couldn't get the bag thru.

i have tomatoes, spring onions,peas and beans and lettuce in the greenhouse and potatoes in huge planters outside yum yum and whoever said about the carrots being nicer... aren't they just divine!!!!

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Originally posted by moonbeam:
I'll put some in the post Mumsy. Last year I actually posted some thru a friend's letterbox, bean by bean. Couldn't get the bag thru.

Cheers Moonbeam! Don't forget I'm off to Scotland soon though...

We didn't have great success with carrots last year - what few there were, the dog used to dig up and eat. She also wolfed down half a raw swede. We've only a small veggie patch (in our small garden) so only grow what we feel will be successful.

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Originally posted by popeye:
Yes they are Mum, just can't understand how they can taste so different from the shop bought ones

they are so sweet! i can't eat shop ones any more! i'd rather do without!

I would love to have an allotment but I suppose they are quite expensive? We only have a small garden and as I love my flowers I don't grow anything else.

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Originally posted by hazeleyes:
I would love to have an allotment but I suppose they are quite expensive? We only have a small garden and as I love my flowers I don't grow anything else.

i grow rhubarb in my flowerbeds too as the foliage is massive and jungle like and fills in any spaces at the back

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Originally posted by hazeleyes:
I would love to have an allotment but I suppose they are quite expensive? We only have a small garden and as I love my flowers I don't grow anything else.

Allotments near us used to be £2 per year until recently. They are now £10, but now have water up there. Most of them are unused and in a terrible state. Mr. Moonbeam took one on, and whilst digging, fell over and did his back in. Had to give the allotment up then.

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Originally posted by moonbeam:

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Originally posted by hazeleyes:
I would love to have an allotment but I suppose they are quite expensive? We only have a small garden and as I love my flowers I don't grow anything else.

Allotments near us used to be £2 per year until recently. They are now £10, but now have water up there. Most of them are unused and in a terrible state. Mr. Moonbeam took one on, and whilst digging, fell over and did his back in. Had to give the allotment up then.

I don't think they would be that cheap here! Although we aren't allowed to use a hose pipe in the garden, you can use one to water an allotment!

My lovely moment was when my 7 yr old son came over to me gave me big kiss and a hug and told me I was just the best and most beautifulist Mum in the world,and could I hurry up and take him to see Garfield 2 at the cinema before we miss it.....

My husband has put his name down for an allotment, he retires next year, there is a waiting list, so keeping fingers crossed...Here they are £26. per year.

Your gardens sound lovely, I only have a back yard and the car lives in there, but I do have some lovely tomatoes

Havent had a good moment today....went to Tescos

mines got to be getting in from work and putting my feet up

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Originally posted by eileenc:
mines got to be getting in from work and putting my feet up

also forgot to say just been told i have a second granddaughter on the way due December

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Originally posted by eileenc:

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Originally posted by eileenc:
mines got to be getting in from work and putting my feet up

also forgot to say just been told i have a second granddaughter on the way due December

Oh wow, lucky you, about the granddaughter i mean. My oldest friend (we've been friends for over 50 years and we had our first-borns within 2 weeks of each other) phoned me yesterday to tell me she was going to be a granny. I am so jealous, in fact I went into a major sulk.

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Originally posted by LIVI GIRL:

My lovely moment was when my 7 yr old son came over to me gave me big kiss and a hug and told me I was just the best and most beautifulist Mum in the world,and could I hurry up and take him to see Garfield 2 at the cinema before we miss it.....

That boy will go far!

Seeing women over three times my age showing how immature they are - Priceless.