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  • Margot Oakenby on Poisonous courgette warning

    04/12/2021
    I’ve experienced violent vomiting and diarrhoea after eating some squash soup. Horrendous night, helped in the morning by taking homeopathic...

  • charles walker on Poisonous courgette warning

    02/09/2021
    Was extremely ill yesterday after a juice my partner made made from courgettes, runner beans, cucumber and beetroot juice to...

  • Joanna Chittenden on Poisonous courgette warning

    30/08/2021
    Have had the same experience with Thompson & Morgan courgette (zucchini) which I was given last year. They were free...

  • Peter cumming on Poisonous courgette warning

    24/08/2021
    I have grown courgettes for several years with no problems. But this year some of my plants were toxic. I...

  • Amanda on Poisonous courgette warning

    14/08/2021
    I subscribed to Grow Your Own Mag and received T&M seeds with each issue. I planted Thompson & Morgan Courgette...

  • Gail Gardner on Poisonous courgette warning

    29/07/2021
    I'm glad I saw this as I've never heard of it before. But I do have a recommendation for anyone...

  • Barry Brown on Wood Chip as a Mulch

    29/07/2021
    Great News about the Newly shredded tree's . Now I don't have to have the Great Pile on the Front...

  • Peter on Poisonous courgette warning

    26/07/2021
    Really pleased to find this thread as some cucumber plants in our greenhouse have produced horribly bitter cucumbers. The ones...

  • Patricia Ingledew on Poisonous courgette warning

    24/07/2021
    This is the first time I've grown courgettes and am awaiting the fruits of my (almost no)Labour with acute anxiety,after...

  • Fiona on Poisonous courgette warning

    23/07/2021
    Thank goodness for this thread, as I now know why my husband and I have had our second night of...

  • Grace Walker on Poisonous courgette warning

    11/07/2021
    I had the same symptoms this last week, my seeds were from Thompson and Morgan. I had also the feeling...

  • James Stonhold on Walpole Road

    08/06/2021
    Just a note on the Number of Plots . Some of the Plots have been divided and let as such...

  • Louise Nowell on Hedgehogs and Slug Pellets

    27/03/2021
    The ferrous slugkiller is not safe for wildlife. It contains a chelate making the iron available to kill slugs and...

  • Glyn Harries on Poisonous courgette warning

    23/03/2021
    I found this after googling re an awful metallic bitter taste in my mouth yesterday evening and now after eating...

  • L.Hopcroft on Poisonous courgette warning

    12/03/2021
    I made my favourite courgette soup with courgettes bought at the supermarket. I have four portions sitting in the freezer,...

  • Robert Stephenson on The Brighton & Hove Allotment Federation Committee

    23/02/2021
    Names are OK, but pics help an old man who forgets names too easily

  • Mark Carroll on Mushrooms to Make Compost

    23/02/2021
    We've used what I think is a mix of hard and soft wood. It has worked and the mycelium seems...

  • Martin on Mushrooms to Make Compost

    23/02/2021
    I'm really keen to try this but have read that you should use hard wood chips. The wood chip that...

  • Jules Arthur on Wood Chip as a Mulch

    21/01/2021
    This is great, well done in the research and in bothering to write it up. I am also on Roedale...

  • Sue on Historic Pictures of Brighton and Hove Allotments

    09/12/2020
    Really interesting page. My Dad spoke of the allotments at Preston Park, he remembered as a young lad. So good...

  • KJ on Poisonous courgette warning

    19/10/2020
    I just wanted to add that I'm in the seventh hour of horrendous diarrhoea and stomach pains from an incredibly...

  • Connie on Poisonous courgette warning

    13/09/2020
    Just had to throw away a large pan of bolognese after tasting it and finding it horribly bitter. After blaming...

  • Mark Hewett on Poisonous courgette warning

    11/09/2020
    Thank you for sharing this... unbelievable bad taste, over powered the two meals and caused reactions as described by others....

  • Leigh parratt on Poisonous courgette warning

    07/09/2020
    My husband had one tiny bite of bitter cucumber last week (we had the rest in a stew not knowing)....
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    13/01/2022
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  • Study in Brighton and Hove shows value of Urban Food Production

    16/12/2021
    City allotments could be as productive as conventional farms, research finds

  • Gender Challenges, Women's Experiences of Allotment Gardening

    15/12/2021
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  • Newsletter September 2021

    16/09/2021
    Well that was a difficult growing season!
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