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Winter Pickings
« on: January 20, 2020, 09:05:15 »
Made a lovely accompaniment to the Sunday roast  ..

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2020, 09:18:27 »
Stupid question but what is in the top right corner?

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2020, 10:04:27 »
Celeriac... down the RH side? Better size than mine.....

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2020, 11:23:00 »
Yep Celeriac.  Been a good year for them on our site - well the two of us that grow them.  They get a bit eaten and woodlice seem to like to make homes in them but they make such nice soups it is worth the effort.
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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2020, 14:00:12 »
Look good

Can you tell me the variety of the carrots as I am looking for a good stump variety now that I am growing in troughs!

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2020, 16:00:29 »
I thought it might be HSL "Red Elephant" tried to ask earlier but my internet had a strop and didn't post what I had typed.

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2020, 22:52:09 »
I think they are Chantenay Red Cored.  OH has it all recorded somewhere so I can check tomorrow.
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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2020, 07:34:59 »
That sounds likely, although mine have never bulked out that much... but as I've grown them as a first season, before Flak(ee) as my mains I probably didn't give them long enough... first baby carrots of the season do go rather quickly!

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2020, 21:17:28 »
Very impressed BarriedaleNick! My parsnips are OK at the moment but the carrots went ages ago and after germination problems I only had one sprout plant this year. I have tried celeriac but it never got very big and they sometimes tasted bitter. I have still got broccoli but the cold weather has stopped it sprouting for the moment but I hope to get more in March.
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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2020, 17:22:25 »
Never tried celeriac but if it makes good soup might give it a try, seems quite a hardy veg, so will definitely buy some seeds to try, Linda

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2020, 19:25:59 »
It's very greedy for water... so being in Manchester you should be OK... I'm from Rossendale originally....

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2020, 21:43:46 »
Ah, that explains why mine are never that big! When all your water is "bucket & chuck it", things tend to get watered in, then left to get on with living or dying as they choose.

Mind you, given that the lottie is practically underwater *again* I'm expecting to find celeriac the size of barrage balloons when I next wade out...

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2020, 07:39:11 »
Sadly it doesn't work like that... they need regular watering... if they were still growing a sudden deluge would just make them split... letting the slugs and woodlice in.. ( a sure sign it is too dry if you have woodlice around them.. )

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2020, 09:30:44 »
I cut open a celeriac yesterday to find a family of woodlice happily living inside it!  Plenty of it was fine but they had made a nice little home and I felt kinda bad destroying it - but the resultant fish soup was excellent!
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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2020, 11:58:55 »
I cut open a celeriac yesterday to find a family of woodlice happily living inside it!  Plenty of it was fine but they had made a nice little home and I felt kinda bad destroying it - but the resultant fish soup was excellent!

Yes, woodlice are crustaceans. What did you do with the celeriac?

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Re: Winter Pickings
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2020, 12:34:27 »
I was making a fish soup with finely shopped fennel, celeriac and onion.  One of Jamie Oliver's I think..

Yes, woodlice are crustaceans. What did you do with the celeriac?

Ohhh I am a bit slow today !!
« Last Edit: February 24, 2020, 13:06:31 by BarriedaleNick »
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