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22-10-2022, 10:05 AM
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The cost of energy v UK grown cucumbers.
Another reason to eat seasonal and grow your own?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-63242091
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Things are dire. I wonder if P would object to me growing cucumbers in the bath? 
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(22-10-2022, 10:16 AM)JJB Wrote: Things are dire. I wonder if P would object to me growing cucumbers in the bath? Normally Loofah's for the bath! 
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I agree with veggie, eat seasonal and it won't cost you nowt to grow cucumbers  .Ridge cucumbers grow well outdoors anyway.
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Changed thread title to confuse you. 
New question - what fruit & veg will you stop eating over winter/out of season in the UK.
I refuse to buy strawberries, courgettes, beans, cucumber. I wont be eating any of these until my own crop next spring. Once my tomatoes run out, I won't buy any of those either.
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(22-10-2022, 10:16 AM)JJB Wrote: Things are dire. I wonder if P would object to me growing cucumbers in the bath? You might as well grow cucumbers in the bath JJB. None of us are going to be able to afford to heat the water for a bath apparently!
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Def won’t be buying/eating strawberries, blueberries, courgettes, mange tout, French beans, baby sweet corn, raspberries.
Will probably still buy a cuc now and again and a lettuce. Hoping my ripening tomatoes will keep me going for a good while, then it’ll be on to the semi dried ones.
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I find it's not worth eating a lot of things out of season. Supermarket strawberries are mostly tasteless, courgettes too big and watery, sweetcorn not sweet but tough, French beans floppy, cucumbers insipid, tomatoes bland until the sun comes back in late February. Peppers are very hit and miss, often too watery with no sweetness, if you can find the dark red ones they are often much better.
Jazz apples are some of the best tasting out of season, but quality is not at all consistent.
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23-10-2022, 09:43 AM
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(22-10-2022, 07:37 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote: I find it's not worth eating a lot of things out of season. Supermarket strawberries are mostly tasteless, courgettes too big and watery, sweetcorn not sweet but tough, French beans floppy, cucumbers insipid, tomatoes bland until the sun comes back in late February. Peppers are very hit and miss, often too watery with no sweetness, if you can find the dark red ones they are often much better.
Jazz apples are some of the best tasting out of season, but quality is not at all consistent.
Agree with all of that, but do buy baby plum toms, cuc and peppers, and then moan about the taste
Jazz are my fav too.
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I don't buy toms, cucumbers, apples and soft fruits after being spoilt by home grown.
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