Kotare

Having looked at the plot the chicken are on, I would eat anything green too - mine are primarily on grass.

I thought allotments were for northerners to get away from the dark satanic mills and/or the wife :-)

scrubbedexpat094

My friends are on grass too. They have a lovely lifestyle block in Wellsford.

Ay 'appen they are an' all. Brother is from the north-west, his wife is from a posh part of Bristol.

BEVS

Allotments are certainly about being a meet up & community place for like minded people. MrBEVS family members have assorted allotments as well as their garden veg patches etc.

There are community gardens and rented allotments here too. I think they are a lovely idea.

My hens wouldn't touch silverbeet at all. Mind you neither would I . Ugh!
Friend up the road gave hers chopped pumpkin which they noshed into when they felt like it.

Know several folk back in the UK keeping a couple of hens in their back gardens as it is allowed per bylaws. I rather like the couple of pals whose hens house in an eglu. I rather like the look and materials used but think wouldn't be OK for the sun conditions here.

Not sure if they are fed skinned cucumbers though

Bo-Jangles

Yeah right, cos everyone's livin' the dream and got a quarter acre to spare.

Kotare

Only 1/4 acre makes it suburbia by NZ standards

barnsleymat

Some rather juicy cucumber news has just landed on my desk at Cucumber HQ.

People keep finding cucumbers at '50 Shades Darker' screenings

I bet no one is leaving cucumbers behind in NZ.

LoCarb

My chooks absolutely love silverbeet.
If I hold it up away from them, they jump up and down until it's all gone

Kotare

Yep - proper NZ chooks

Lisa Maree

I literally laughed out loud today, our local organic health food shop had beautiful cucumbery specimens... I mean they were truly a work of art, fat, perfectly round, a foot long......... but $7.80 each!!!!!!

scrubbedexpat094

That's truly eye-watering for a few reasons

barnsleymat

You might have discovered the world's most expensive cucumber, I'll try and get hold of Norris McWherter to confirm.

Next time we'd love to see a photo of one of these record breaking beauties

jmh

Prices may be higher at the moment due to bad weather in NZ and Australia.

BEVS

MrBEVS and I have met him. My late FIL was posthumously awarded the McWhirter Citizens Award for courage & bravery. It was a rather amazing evening and dinner at the wonderful historical Middle Temple Hall, London. Such a privilege to have been there.

I cannot remember if cucumbers were served at all.

Bo-Jangles

Latest from the Cucumber news desk; despite the high prices, cucumbers still feature in the top ten selling items at Countdown.

Cucumbers top the list of trolley items - NZ Herald News

Pom_Chch

Good god who would have thought that the people of NZ don't get quite as het up about the price of cucumbers?!