Food glorious Food!
Gotta dig
Gotta hoe
Gotta build
Gotta sow!
So it’s been cold rainy and miserable for far too long. Trying to keep inspired for the garden is hard. There’s lots of things that need doing and some are getting delayed.
I figure the best thing to do just now is visualise what’s coming.
Gardeners are often accused of rushing forwards in the hope of a better season or a keener crop, a bigger harvest. Having time to stop and reflect is lucky then.
Asparagus is one of my favourites. It starts to appear while the ground is still bare. It looks ludicrous sticking out of the ground and us one veg that non gardens struggle to picture.
Pumpkin family also makes me laugh. It’s such a huge plant. This one was shark fin melon and I was convinced it would cover the entire plot. The plant seemed to advance by the hour. We had about fifty fruits of a range of sizes.
That’s a tiny selection!
There’s delicious meals to come. And in particularly enjoy the odd ones like these purple violetta potatoes!
Take it with you:
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Lovely post many thanks do you have the melons in a greenhouse or outside ?
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Thanks for sharing that snippet of summer 🙂 Are you still eating last year’s stored fruit and veg, or has it all gone?
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We’ve managed to still have parsnips, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes and red cabbage to this point. The carrots were fairly good too. We stored frozen sautéed courgette and French beans after it learned to blanch them and there’s a couple of pumpkins. So we did really well. After a poor start we had one of our best years. How did you get on?
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I adore those potatoes! I’ve never seen them that shade before. How fun. I have my seeds started and am looking forward to watching them grow and sharing that coolness with my kids. Congratulations on such a good year!
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They are gorgeous. It’s a shock that they taste like normal potatoes too. What’s your plan for growing this year? Anything unusual?
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Well, unusual for us, I’m growing beets. We’ve never tried them. If we don’t like them my husband can take them in to work and give them away. 🙂 everything else is pretty normal but most of it is stuff I’ve never grown. I should try my hand at potatoes, shouldn’t I? We do like them. I think I will.
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Potatoes are great. We love beetroot too but it often doesn’t succeed for us.
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I found purple potatoes while I was out today! I totally got them. 😀
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Wowzars! That’s awesome! You’ll love them!
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