Talkback: Harvesters and Grazers

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  I'm a harvester cant stand letting food go to wast. Its so rewarding all the hard work has paid off .

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  I'm definately a grazer. I like to pick what I need/want that day and leave the rest in the ground or on the plant for the next day. Ofcourse, some things you have to harvest, but if something is ripe early, it gets picked and eaten!

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  Like Chiswickian I eat all my raspberries before they leave the fruit cage (well I only get about 5 at a go, my plants are very young), but I am mainly a harvester, I too get great satisfaction from harvesting, carrying produce to the house and using it there and then, or preserving it in some way for us to use over the winter.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  I'm a very happy harvester - especially when it is for giving to one of my friends. But I do love nibbling at the sugar peas and cannot resist the odd plum or blackberry.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  definately a harvester,got to learn for next year to plant less or buy 2 more freezers.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  I am definately a grazer, however with the bi-daily spraying with washing up liquid on the broad beans i could wait to get them picked and cut the plants down lol.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  im a harvester because i have to collect for all the family , i only took on the allotment in june it was vacant 4 years before hand so i had a load to clear but when i was clearing i found this giant plant its got leaves much like a wild poppy but massive spires with giant thistle like flower s can u tell me wat ut might be it towers over me at seven foot

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  im a harvester and allways grow to much, love giving the surpless away after freezing every thing i can for the winter

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  last year i noticed six black runner bean seeds in the seed i saved from the year before, i planted them and have started collecting the seed this year,
  the bean is about 16 inches long and a good shape,are there any black beans on the market as these are the first i have seen,
  i will collect as many as i can and plant a full row next year to see what they tast like
  i look korward to your reply
  
  regards
  DJMatthews

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  August 2009

  Afraid I do both, harvest and graze. Things grow very quickly here so really you have to eat and lay down for the winter on a daily basis. For the first time I am bottling and freezing like there will be no tomorrow. So when the winter comes hopefully, there will be a nice selection of fruit and veg to choose from.

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