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Did you even try?  ;)  ;D

Tim - you're supporting Mr F? I am surprised!

(I'm glad to see even the seasoned, experienced gardeners sometimes give in to compulsive buying!)

I did, but my sister couldn't and I ended up with the mini leeks and beetroots!  ;D

Surely you'd peel them to nothing.  Or am I missing something and they're intended for those posh plates of 'high' food. (dead common me)

peel? you don't need to peel stuff you've grown yourself with no pesticides, just scrub, not peel!

No, I couldn't.........Could you?

Tim, I grew those mini parsnips and some mini carrots last year and they were delicious - I'm doing them again this year with the turnips and some baby sweetcorn. Here's a challenge for you - when you harvest them, see if you can get them back indoors without succumbing to temptation and scoffing them on the spot!

Quote from: NattyEm on May 06, 2005, 21:39:58
peel? you don't need to peel stuff you've grown yourself with no pesticides, just scrub, not peel!

NE,

You're only 1000% right - the majority of the goodness (vitamins etc) is just under the skin of veg, peeling removes that (and a lot of flavour as well) and is for shop bought non-organic veg only!!!!

Phil

PS anyone on the list admitting to buying veg?  ;)

Peel? Scrub? With these tiny beauties you just rinse and go!


...and yes, I confess, I do buy veg... because I don't have an allotment - there, I've said it! I'm an imposter! Can you ever forgive me?
(stifled sob!)   :'(

Tim, they look fab and sooooo cute!  

There are many folks I know who would find these a wonderful project, perhaps for a small container garden - those with limited mobility and so on.  I am waiting to hear from one of my relatives on something like this, whether they can get a few containers outside their door in a sheltered housing set-up.  If they are not allowed because of some pesky regulation I will be most annoyed.

One thing I've wondered - are they ready for harvest quicker than the ordinary sort?  How long till you can eat?

The only pity about the ones I've seen is that they are not cheap and you don't get many seed.

AAAwwwwww.......Giz some  ;D

Yes, Aqui - serves me right for going to the garden centre to buy bean poles, only to find that I had a flat battery & couldn't leave. So I was stuck there, window shopping, for an hour!!

Yes, I know we've got a big hazel hedge but I'm too old for that lark!

In many cases. veg are too big to consume in one go.  I would rather pull a purpose-designed leek (like this - the very last) than have good veg wilting in the larder. No- I didn't pull that one!

Charlotte,
My list of "babies" for this year:
Suttons Baby caulis: ready to lift in 19-20 weeks, 80 seeds £1.15
Suttons Baby parsnips: 18-20 weeks, 350 seeds £1.05
Suttons Baby sweetcorn: 14-16 weeks, 50 seeds £1.65
Suttons Baby turnips: 8-10 weeks 200 seeds £1.15
Mr F Baby carrots: approx 12 weeks - when around 3" long (or leave to reach up to 6" long), 1500 seeds £1.49

Last year the parsnips and carrots I grew came up a treat - 100% germination and really tender and sweet - can't recommend highly enough.   :)

The only reason I mention peeling them is my dad wouldn't consider eating a carrot unless it was peeled and then only under sufference.  "If i wanted to eat dirt I would go and eat the compost heap" springs to mind.  I don't like parsnips so they weren't of interest, and when we do cook a roast there is usually 12 or more of us to feed (incl 4 veggies) so, alas they wouldn't go far.
Are the mini corn like the stir fry ones where you eat the whole cob (stir fry style) or just a smaller version of sweetcorn ?

I believe mini corns are the little stir fry ones.  Ooo those little teeny veggies are so sweet and tasty and usually consumed in the car on route home!  ;D

2 hands on the wheel, please!!

Totally agree with you Amazin. Last year's crop of savoys, leeks and carrots were fantastic for flavour !  Growing same again, plus mini-beets, caulis and sweetcorn ( many thanks to Mark for the seeds   :-*  )

i am also trying the romanesque broccoli from the same range, very interesting veggie, looks like madonnas corset, the cone like spiky things. will post a pic if they turn out ok

And Little Gem are great as small veg!!

Romanesco is really worth growing.