Asparagus pea: weird!

I got some asparagus pea seeds from the the Organic Gardening catalogue (though they weren't organic). Pretty red flowers and small, winged pods that are picked before they are more than 3 cm long.

Only half my row came up, but they survived the slugs, and I picked a handful today. Had them with onions, courgettes (from the garden), runner beans (first picking from the garden) and pasta as a chunky soup. Not impressed, don't think I'll bother again. Also used a stock cube, but rather salty.

Had it with sour dough bread from the new Organic Lea stall off the Leytonstone High Road. I am pleased that sour dough is getting easier to find.

First courgette

When I was watering the pots this morning I spotted a small courgette on one of my 3 courgette plants and thought, in a few days time I'll be eating my first homegrown courgette. Then, this evening, when I was doing my big weekly water of the veg, I saw on the other side of the plant a courgette ready for cutting. I have just had it with some left-over spaghetti sauce. Yum!

Usually when it is dry I water both pots and veg. I have just started experimenting with leaving the veg for a week after proper rain before I water, and then give a really good dose (2 cans per sq metre). Rain forecast on Acuweather for Tuesday, but otherwise would try to hold off watering until the weekend.

Though I used a rose when watering the asparagus peas they were knocked over a bit - hope this is not an open invitation to every slug in the neighbourhood!