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my family and I are new to veg growing but we have just had our first potatoe crop my 2 and half year old daughter loves gardening with me and helped to find the golden treasures she even helped to clean them, 20 minutes after that we were all sitting down to steak and new potatoes.
cant wait for the onions to be ready so we can have home made rings.

Hi Custodian, welcome to the forum, it sounds like you have made a good start with growing veg, nothing tastes as good as veg we grow! Good to involve your daughter too, gardening can be fun, and I find it's very relaxing too. My potatoes are not quite ready yet, but we are enjoying the strawberries, early peas and carrots.

Morning The Custodian, welcome to the forum, and welcome to the joys of gardening too.

Good morning the custodian,

Nothing quite beats the taste of home grown veg. Those first new pots of the year are well worth the effort aren't they

thank you everybody for the lovely welcome

I also have carrots, garlic, beetroot, lettuce, peas and strawberry,s.
I only have a small plot of about 8ft sq but my name is down for an allotment which i might get to the top of the list in about a year's time

the custodian wrote:I also have carrots, garlic, beetroot, lettuce, peas and strawberry,s.
I only have a small plot of about 8ft sq but my name is down for an allotment which i might get to the top of the list in about a year's time

Hi tc

A warm welcome to the forum from me, too. Wow! That's a lot you pack into a small space. Hope your allotment comes next year.

I do hope your are growing peas, TC, because I have always found that small children love to pick, pod and eat those straight from the plant! There is still time to sow some if you didn't do so earlier.

My peas often get raided by the small children that play over the allotment. I certainly don't mind, as long as they don't cause any damage.

It always makes me smile when they hide the empty shucks at the end of the row.

Evening OH,

It always makes me smile when they hide the empty shucks at the end of the row.
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Perhaps they are hoping they will regrow

Kind thoughts go a long way, Donedigging.

i have my lettuce's and potatoes in grow sacks as the small plot is just not big enough, have just put some pea seeds in the recently emptied 1st potatoe sack, and i also have some more starting in a propagator so hopefully they will be ready when i empty the other two sacks.
Im lucky to live in an area of devon that only has a two year waiting list on allotments and they are just about to open another four in the next few months so fingers crossed.