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 [...]
Posted in Fruit, Other stuff, Unusual veg on Nov 8th, 2011
So… what do you think these are? A clue: I tried them during my holiday in Sicily last week (yes, had a great time, thanks for asking). I don’t know about you but I come over all experimental whenever I go abroad. You’re surrounded by foods you never realised were foods before and you just can’t [...]
Posted in Allotments, Garden visits, Unusual veg on Sep 12th, 2011
It wasn’t all hobnobbing with the aristocracy up in Derbyshire, you know: while I was there I dropped in on the considerably more modest, though nonetheless charming Calke Abbey, now owned by the National Trust though previously home to the endearingly eccentric Harpur family. Their collections include improbable numbers of stuffed animals, shells, crocodile skulls, [...]
Posted in Recipe of the month, Unusual veg on Aug 23rd, 2011
Kohlrabi Soup At last, here it is: the answer to all those heartfelt cries of kohlrabi growers everywhere: ‘well, now what do I do with it?!’ This is one of my favourite vegetable soups: just the right side of chunky, thick and filling, and you can just pull the ingredients out the veg patch any time [...]
Posted in Greenhouse growing, Herbs, Unusual veg on Apr 16th, 2011
Sometimes you just fancy something a little different. Something you’ve never tried before; something to pique your tastebuds and stretch your gardening horizons, challenging your ideas about what you put in your veg garden each year. Don’t get me wrong: I’ll never not grow peas, beans, spuds, or any of the usual tried-and-tested favourites. There’s [...]
Green cabbage, leeks, purple sprouting broccoli, salad leaves (from greenhouse), seakale (forced), spring greens
