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T > wrote:
: On 08/16/2015 01:55 PM, Ian Field wrote:
: >
: Do you have a patio? You could get a tomato in a pot. I have
: found cherry Tomatoes are best for this.


: > Someone dumped a sack of potatoes in the bin room that had started to
: > sprout roots - I cast a few along the hedgerow behind the flats to find
: > out whether they take.

: Potatoes are not real good for Diabetics. Does Chayote grow out there?
: (It doesn't here.) It likes to vine all over things. Chayotes are
: Diabetic friendly.

: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/2842/2

: Chayote, fruit, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
: 1 Cup

: Total Carbohydrate 7.2 g
: Dietary Fiber 4.5 g
: Glycemic Load ~ 1

: They taste a little like a dull zucchini

Why not eat those more exciting zuccini which can also vine a bit if the
Chayote i dull? I made some yelloe w summer squash the other day by
microvwaving it togeher with a tomato and some thinly slices onion with
sat pepper adn some fresh dill I happened tohave in the house. Noting
dull about that!

Wendy