21st July 2010

My crazy courgette plant has finally produced something we can eat! These are the first three courgettes that I've picked and I can see a few more in the early stages of growth. I now need to find some exciting recipes to use them up...

1st July 2010

I'm getting rather concerned about my courgette plant... Having started as a rather spindly specimen when I planted it in my veg box it has now become the bully-boy of the box spreading out over the other plants.  The poor squash plant is literally being squashed under a mass of courgette plant leaves and the carrots and rocket are rapidly disappearing as the courgettes leaves get bigger and bigger.  Yet for all this growth there are a rather disappointing number of flowers appearing to grow into something worthwhile.  I hope things change soon as I haven't come across many recipes for fried courgette leaves...