Made a lovely accompaniment to the Sunday roast ..
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Stupid question but what is in the top right corner?
Celeriac... down the RH side? Better size than mine.....
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.
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!
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.
I think they are Chantenay Red Cored. OH has it all recorded somewhere so I can check tomorrow.
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!
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.
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
It's very greedy for water... so being in Manchester you should be OK... I'm from Rossendale originally....
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
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.. )
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!
Quote from: BarriedaleNick 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!
Yes, woodlice are crustaceans. What did you do with the celeriac?
I was making a fish soup with finely shopped fennel, celeriac and onion. One of Jamie Oliver's I think..
Quote from: Paulh on February 24, 2020, 11:58:55
Yes, woodlice are crustaceans. What did you do with the celeriac?
Ohhh I am a bit slow today !!