Do you remember when I posted a blog about Lidl giving customers a free seed pot every time they spent twenty euros? Well here are the Cucumbers. We harvested and ate the first one today!
Anyway well done Lidl for encouraging folk to grow vegetables. We are really pleased with the results.
Remember this?
And a beautiful cucumber it is! Hooray for getting it/them free, with your order. Such a thing is a nice, old-fashioned way of doing business. Something like "the baker's dozen" and etc. I happen to like 'old-fashioned.' :-)
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, another poly tunnel! Good for you. Being older, we don't grow veggies any more. But wish, when we did, we had had a poly tunnel.
Did you ever hear of putting beer in a low enough 'dish,' that slugs can go in and drown? Think people do that, over here....
And in Greece, they make a meal of those little snails. ,-) Hell of a lot of work, though. Too much for me! ,-)
Good luck in August,
A 'Nana'
Thanks wisp of words. I think supermarkets that encourage people to grow their own should be praised.
ReplyDeleteI love my polytunnel. I call it my office. It's been raining all day here in Ireland. I spent my day dividing perennials and making cuttings.
Thanks!
Yes we make slug pubs with beer in cans and old jars. But th slug pellets are necessary sometimes too.
ReplyDeleteThat cucumber is looking well Dave. Looks good enough to eat. They have all done well in the poly tunnel. I just watched the Spam Spam Spam and it still makes me smile. I buy Spam. I like Spam and beans.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel. Don't think we have grown cucumbers before? Most crops and flowers have done well this year, except for our miserable crop of potatoes and the carrots are still small. I see they have found more Holy Grail characters in Mr Palins scripts. The Pythons are the Goons of the nineteen seventies. Some of their stuff goes over me and some of it is absolute hilarious. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like cucumber but never ventured into the 'grow your own' fashion. Oh well, it's too late now. Keep on keeping on, Dave.
ReplyDeleteI believe they originate from India, Valerie. I would go mad living in rural Ireland if I didn't grow plants and vegetables. The veg in the shops are not like freshly picked homegrown ones. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like my cucumber too with the skin removed and liberally sprinkled with black pepper. So please remember that when I pay you a visit Dave.
ReplyDeleteI must try that Heron, thanks. We are looking at different recipes to cope with the glut. Thanks!
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