Winter Pickings

[BarriedaleNick]

Made a lovely accompaniment to the Sunday roast  ..

[BarriedaleNick]

[davholla]

Stupid question but what is in the top right corner?

[saddad]

Celeriac... down the RH side? Better size than mine.....

[BarriedaleNick]

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.

[Tee Gee]

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!

[saddad]

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.

[BarriedaleNick]

I think they are Chantenay Red Cored.  OH has it all recorded somewhere so I can check tomorrow.

[saddad]

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!

[George the Pigman]

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.

[lin]

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

[saddad]

It's very greedy for water... so being in Manchester you should be OK... I'm from Rossendale originally....

[gray1720]

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...

Adrian

[saddad]

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.. )

[BarriedaleNick]

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!

[Paulh]

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?

[BarriedaleNick]

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 !!