Desperately seeking courgette success
Most allotmenteers probably have one vegetable appearing regularly in their cropping hall of shame. You know, a particular crop that year after year stubbornly refuses to give results in spite of the hand-wringing, pleading and tender care that is heaped upon it.
My own particular bete-noir (or would that be a legume-noir?) is the courgette. Courgettes are famed for being so productive that even the most ardent ratatouille lovers have been known to stand outside their houses grabbing passers-by and begging them to take the spares off their hands. But not mine. While others are overwhelmed with a glut and are exploring ever more outlandish recipes (chocolate courgette cheesecake, anyone?), I have resolutely fruitless plants. I think in four or five years of courgette planting I must have harvested a total of four or five courgettes - and even my maths tells me that’s a pretty poor number of courgettes per year.
But no more. This could be the year that I break the cycle - look what I’ve got:
That’s at least three (three! Count em!) on the way. I couldn’t be more proud.
Written by Pumpkinsouper on July 7th, 2006 with
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