Malvern in May

[Guest]

Count me in too.

[Tigger]

That was me.

Count me in.

Anybody want anything in particular?

[pigletwillie]

Well, thats the Malvern tickets bought, and even entry to the Gold car park, posh or what?

[pigletwillie]

I expect to have various tomatoes, sweet chillies and leek plants as well as some plugs of various flowers suitable for cutting and brassicas.

Can I swap some of your squashes Lake View?

[LakeView]

Now, how'd you guess what I'd bring?

If I can make it, you're all welcome to my squashes and pumpkins (and some other 'funny American things' called summer squash, like courgettes)!

[pigletwillie]

Grand Lake View, I`d try most things once, just ask Grock.

[LakeView]

And, those 'funny American things' as my husband calls them (Summer Squash straightneck or crookneck) are now available here in the UK (but quite a secret, I think) from the Organic Gardening Catalogue
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_22_43_114&products_id=1597

They grow much like courgettes, and very prolific. The flesh is almost creamy, and really delicious when young and tender. I've converted a couple of my fellow allotment holders to them. In America there are whole sections of cookbooks dedicated to recipes for using the crop, which, with only 2-3 plants, can be overwhelming!

[pigletwillie]

Thanks for the tip chuck, can you reccommend any specific variety for me to try out.

[peter]

Lakeview, you say lots of recipes.

Got any for Winter Squash?

We bake to go with roast meals and chunk-n-splash into stews, soups & curries.

But am unsure about Pumpkin Pie and other more esoteric American stuff.

[pigletwillie]

Does anybody who is going to the show want any Calendula as I have managed to sow twice (blonde moment) and therefore have shedloads of seedlings ready to prick out over and above my requirements. I would sooner find a home for them than toss them into the compost bin.

[Tigger]

I could take some to work for our horticultural group. They're always glad to have anything - I take them all my spare stuff, once my colleagues have had first go at raiding!