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Entry: NO-PLANT, DIG ONLY VEGETABLE PATCH - A87753856
Author: Deety - U767438

For those of you who like growing vegetables but have a problem with consistency and end up feeling disappointed with the outcome.

am reduced to giggles Deety! I shall certainly take your advice

Thanks!

Giggles and Snorks… sounds like a party..

Statistically more people use the NO-PLANT method than the tradition one. Even after the heavy publicity by the Queen, her son and Mr Obama’s wife.
Last year I actually followed their example to the letter:
Step 1: I dug some holes,
Step 2: I put in the plants,
Step 3 :I watered them
Step 4; I went away until they were supposed to be ripe.

Unfortunately, my budget didn’t allow me to implement step 5: Hire a team of gardeners to look after it during my absence.

I have planted this year, but if it is too hot during the family holiday, we might return home to some very parched looking plants...

Might convince friends to come in, by offering whatever is ripe during the period...

sprout

Should you live in an area which permits the growing of okra, you might follow the advice my mother used to give me when my folks went on holiday and left me in charge of the vegetable patch:

'If you miss picking the okra, and they get too big (=a foot long and suitable for woodcarving material), put them down the garbage disposal so your dad doesn't find out.'

okra... wow maybe I should plant one... sounds likemit will fill up the veggie patch on its own....

ps: what is it

Here's a picture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abelmoschus_esculentus_(cropped).jpg

It grows in the South, but my dad had no luck with it in the North. You can boil it, use it in soup, roast it, or cut it in pieces and fry it. It's what makes gumbo - in fact, 'gumbo' is an African name for it.

wow... now that's what I call a vegetable... I will definetely add it to my list this year

You won't regret it.

This is your notice - I have grabbed this gem for . (I even have a good picture.) Look for it on the 30th.

Wonderful advice - I wish you had given it years ago and saved me from being frustrated by slugs eating all my plants.

... will keep my eyes open...

Hi Dmitri, picture looks great... thanks...

ps: There has been quite a bit of intrest (especially by young kids ) so I have posted a follow-up on AWS...
http://h2g2.com/entry/A87757618

I love it. We'll have to do the update.