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I'm just showing off really but this was the last Parsnip of the crop that I dug out today and it came out whole 
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Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
Roitelet, if I had parsnips like that I would show off too. Well, there's always next year.
Any idea why your pics won't expand ?
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Oh congratulations! Fab parsnip! What variety was it?
Alice, some of our pics don't expand either sometimes, and I wonder if Trousers downsizes them for some reason when he transfers them from camera to 'puter file. One of cottage on our blog came out naturally that size because he'd previously downsized it for his first avator.
Other than that suggestion, not the faintest!Comment
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Hi Folks,
Sorry the pictures won't expand, no idea why. Anyway a large size pic of me might be just too frightening
The parsnip vareity is White Gem but I have to use the iron bar method of planting as my soil is very stoney. It wasn't the longest one but all the others broke when I dug them.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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Congratulations roitelet! That looks a very fine parsnip!Originally posted by roitelet View Post
What is the iron bar method? My soil is very stoney too and they end up forking out...
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That is very impressive. No wonder you posed so well. It's like an old fashioned page from a WI calendar before they went all semi-nude.The law will hang the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But lets the greater thief go loose
Who steals the common from the goose
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I wondered where you got your interest in GYO from, JG!Originally posted by johnty greentoes View Post
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That's a fab looking parsnip roitelet. Congrats and double congrats on getting it out whole.Bright Blessings
Earthbabe
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Thanks for the complements everyone.
The Iron Bar method is - Take 1 iron bar or poker (fires for the use of) and plunge it into the soil about 1' deep then work it round to produce a funnel shaped hole. Fill this with sifted soil plant 6 or so seeds on the top and thin to 1 plant.
The other reason that yor parsnips are forking Feather is that there may be too much nutrient in the ground. I always plant mine on ground that was well composted for the previous years crop and I then add general purpose fertilizer, leaf mould and also some sand. The leaf mould and sand I only add as my soil apart from being full of flint is also clay and I want to lighten it a bit.
Best of luck and we look forward to seeing the results
Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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Cheeky !!!!!Originally posted by johnty greentoes View PostGardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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A slight variation on the old shove in the spade and waggle back and forth method.
Bright Blessings
Earthbabe
If at first you don't succeed, open a bottle of wine.
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Fantastic parsnip!!
Like your workman's blues too!!!!!
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Nice one Roitlet! And how did you cook and eat it?~
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Any back issues of those calendars? I will pay good money.Originally posted by Hazel at the Hill View PostI wondered where you got your interest in GYO from, JG! The law will hang the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But lets the greater thief go loose
Who steals the common from the goose
http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/Comment
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Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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