Posted in Herbs, Salads, Unusual veg on Jan 27th, 2012
When I took up the challenge set by Michelle at Veg Plotting to find salads to eat from my garden every week of this year, it took a little while for the penny to drop that she was starting the challenge at the beginning of the year. Logical, you might think, until it occurs to you [...]
Posted in Allotments, Recipe of the month, Unusual veg on Jan 23rd, 2012
Romanian Sirbusca (Potato and Root Parsley soup-stew) Deciding what you do with your root parsley once you’ve grown it is easy: you just plump for one of its multiple identities and use it just like you would parsnips, or carrots (or parsley, if you’re using the tops). We had ours roasted alongside the Sunday joint, [...]
Posted in Allotments, Pick of the month, Unusual veg on Jan 15th, 2012
Root parsley ‘Atika’ If there was ever a vegetable which couldn’t make up its mind, this is it. It might be a parsley: and then again, maybe it’s a parsnip. On a good day, it could be a carrot. The identity crisis even affects its common name: take your pick from root parsley, rock selinen, Hamburg parsley, Dutch parsley [...]
Posted in Book reviews, Other stuff, Unusual veg on Dec 18th, 2011
You’d think gardeners would be easy-peasy to buy Christmas presents for. One of those clipper thingies, a trowel-and-fork set, say, or a poinsettia… A POINSETTIA! Are you mad? Right. Just for the record: I use only Felco no. 9 ‘clippers’ (secateurs to you, mate), and I’ve already got three trowels and two forks, if you [...]
Posted in Allotments, Pick of the month, Unusual veg on Nov 13th, 2011
Squash ‘Potimarron’ I brought my glowing orange squashes in from the cold the other day and the girls got all excited. We were away for Hallowe’en this year and they thought I’d grown them a shedload of pumpkins so we could have our own private lantern display. Aw… bless. But sorry, kids, they may look [...]
Apples (late varieties like Cox's Orange Pippin), beetroot, cabbage (green and red), carrots, celeriac, chard, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, kohlrabi, medlars, parsnips, pumpkins, quince, raspberries (autumn varieties), salad leaves, sprout tops, squashes, turnips
