Everybody stay calm.

This is a photo of the last courgette in the UK.

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A lonely Courgette

Only kidding.

But there is an extreme shortage of courgettes right now.

According to the Guardian, Spain has experienced some unusually cold and wet weather and most of Europe's courgette supplies are from there.

Wholesale courgette prices have quadrupled, which means you're going to struggle finding any in your local shop, and for a reasonable price.

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Things are set to carry on this way for the next couple of months, and other veggies like Aubergines, might be affected too.

So much for 2017 being an improvement on 2016, eh?

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