GYO Xmas (or PC festive period!)

[Nicos]

OK ..so we have all been so busy on the lottie/veg patch this year...
Just wondered if anyone has managed to GYO Xmas ( or....) dinner ?
Most of my veg has been noshed- other than grub eaten carrots!
Parsnips are about the only thing left for Xmas Day
So my wonderful offering is ...parsnips!
Anyone managed more??

[Snadger]

Carrots, turnips,Spring cabbage,Onions, tatties(stored), Beans(frozen)

Working on the Turkey for next year though and the Christmas new tatties(failure this year)!

[Palustris]

Frozen beans (French and Broad), peas. Still got squash of various kinds, sprouts, kale, cabbage potatoes, parsnips,scorzonera and leeks . No onions cos we got white rot and no carrots cos they will not grow here.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Tried to grow some tatties for Christmas Day - unfortunately they were killed by the hard frosts we had in November! Lesson learned for next year methinks! Dexterdog

[Nicos]

Need to amend my list......
Parsnips, shallots, kale, sage , sloe gin and rhubarb schnapps!!

[Spuds up]

I am off up to my plot tomorrow to harvest

parsnips ( quite large) but tasty, tested last week
leeks ( small) but very tasty
Sprouts (small) but the first I have managed to grow.

Not bad! I ran out of potatoes a while back because I did not grow enough so need to plan better for next year.

Happy GYO eating everybody

Hope you all have a good Christmas

Cheers

[rustylady]

Not a lot! Onions, shallots and kurly kale, a few late carrots (quite small). Purple sprouting broccoli is starting to make shoots, but not ready yet.

Had to go to ASDA this year - will try and plan better next year.

[Mrs Dobby]

With not getting our plot until after the growing season we've nothing GYO'd for our feast, but hopefully we will have next year!

Hope all who have some home grown produce enjoy it on the big day!

[Alice]

I'm not too disappointed Nicos and aim to do much better next year. I've had to freeze some things but I've got my own carrots, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, garlic, spring onions , leaves, and a few more. It will all feature somewhere in the feast along with the apples from my daughters garden and - in a different vein - home made bread.
Just wait til next year.
Merry Christmas and every best wish for the year ahead.

[ChrisB]

Didn't do it this year, but one year I said to my Dad (who has an allotment) to do the veg for Christmas and I'd do the meat. The following week I turned up with 6 turkey poults in the back of the car, ready to fatten up for the day. He thought I was going to order one. Have to say it was the best tasting turkey I have ever had

Had to tell a fib to the children though cos they wouldn't have eaten it otherwise

[yoanbob]

well we have duck in freezer, but going to parents who get a massive free turkey every year, got a few sprouts, a cabbage or two, onions and tatties, thats about it really, diddnt get lottie till june so not bad.

[JennieAtkinson]

For Christmas dinner we have -
Salmon with freshly picked lettuce from the tunnel and a dried herb dressing, lamb with new potatoes (freshly dug), mashed stored potatoes, onions and dried herbs (in the stuffing), carrots and parsnips (freshly dug) and frozen beans and peas, and of course home-made mint sauce. Followed by rhubarb crumble and a tot of rhubarb schnapps.
And we are looking out at some fantastic yellow pansies and flowering kale in the greenhouse!
Pretty chuffed actually! Totally due to the double figure temperatures we are getting at the moment and have had since October! 11 degrees again today.

[yoanbob]

jennie, can we come to u for x-mas? sounds idyillic!

[nick the grief]

SO thats everyone round JA's for chrimbo & then Boxing day party at LJ's

[NOG]

Not wanting to boast but for our Yule dinner we will be having:

Jam on toast for Breakfast
Potatoes (Kestral) still stored in the garage
Parsnips (Tender True) picked today
Leeks picked today
Jeruslem Artichoke picked today
Runner Beans frozen in the autumn
Carrots frozen in October
Onions Stored
Chestnuts....collected from the woods
Sprouts picked today
Garlic stored
Chutney for tea

We just had to buy the Turkey......Its great that most of the most inportant meal of the year will be home grown. It is a great present to the family that we grew it and now we are eating it.

We went out today and gave bags of potatoes and parsnips and onoins to friends and family.