Ever grown something, and not known what to do with it after harvest?

[tiggsy]

This has happened to me occasionally. Often it's just that you get TOO MUCH of the same thing at once - tends to be things like pencil pod beans and Mange Tout peas. The beans freeze easily enough after a quick blanch, but mange touts are better not frozen - but i do, anyway! They are fine for cooking, but no good at all in salad after defrosting.

With the French beans, I tend to just eat a whole bowl for a meal (with a little butter and parmesan, very nice), but I live alone, and the average family wouldn't sit down for that, I guess! Grow less next year? Yeah, maybe that's a great idea, but last time I only did a yard square, and I still had too many at once! Gave big bagfulls away at work to anyone who was interested...

[mickhick]

Soups are always a good bet when you have a glut of veg. Soups take quite a lot of veg and basically any veg with a potatoe to thicken and some onion and stock is fab. Soup freezes really well and you can keep enjoying the fruits of your labour all year.

[tiggsy]

One thing I will definitely never grow again is asparagus peas - the ones I grew were not very tasty, pretty unappetising in fact, and stringy, even though they were really tiny (which is apparently when you're supposed to pick them). I tried growing them a bit bigger but there was no difference apart from size. A waste of good land...

[gardenguru]

Well, thats is surprising. I guess everything depends how it has been grown and all that. I have beem growing asparagus pea and very happy with its taste. Yes its true that the pods age quite fast and they get stringy fairly quickly, but I was really happy with taste. Really what the name suggests between the asparagus and garden pea. And if you missed the dy of picking, just waith till the pods completely ripe and you can save the seeds:).  Hope you will try again. Try in a somewhat shady position, with lots of water!

[killua1910]

Yeah,
happened to me, I ended up giving it out to relatives