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Lettuce for lunch; cabbage and the first new potatoes for dindins
Got my eye on a few ripe strawberries that may fall into my mouth tomorrow
Starting to feel like summer is a-cumin in!
More lettuce today. Some of it tastes quite licorice-y. It's out of a packet called 'Morton's Secret Mix' from Real Seed Co, and I've just worked out the disadvantage of that, which is that if you really like one particular sort, you can't identify it! Have any other Grapes used this mix?
Have you tried photographing the one you like and emailing them to ask?
I was tempted by this mix but passed on this for that very reason - for the last year I've been bying bagged seasonal leaves from a local grower and when I got a garden I spent ages trying to figure out what it was I liked so much and wanted to grow myself
Edited to stay on topic - my very first (ever) harvest of two radishes were shared for breakfast this morning (they looked yummy and I couldn't wait!).
Two little Durham cabbages. I would have left them to grow a bit more but they were absolutely covered in snails and slugs, which I couldn't get to without breaking off some of the leaves anyway. So I decided the best way forward was to just pull them up and save whatever was left of them.
Have you tried photographing the one you like and emailing them to ask?
I was tempted by this mix but passed on this for that very reason - for the last year I've been bying bagged seasonal leaves from a local grower and when I got a garden I spent ages trying to figure out what it was I liked so much and wanted to grow myself
Edited to stay on topic - my very first (ever) harvest of two radishes were shared for breakfast this morning (they looked yummy and I couldn't wait!).
Thanks Trix, good idea. I grew some delicious swedes one year, in the days when I hadn't really started clocking different varieties. I've no idea what they were, and ever since then have been trying different swede varieties to find them again!
My Autumn 2016 blog entry, all about Plum Glut Guilt:
Lettuce, pak choi, spinach, mizuna, pea shoots and mustard greens to go in a salad for lunch. Cabbage hispi for tea - a nice solid little heart just the right size. Resisted the temptation to pick the couple of pods of peas that are slightly swollen - they will be much nicer if I can bear to leave them for another few days!
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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