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Yesterday I picked a load of Baby leeks to thin out the beds, they were bigger than expected being up to 3/4 inch thick. but when we came to eat them they were as tough as old boots, not what you would expect from such small leeks. They were part boiled and then baked in a cheese sauce with cauliflower. Any ideas why they should be like this?
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Did you plant them very early and were they starting to bolt? I find my leeks go tough in the spring when they start to form flower heads.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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2 nice garden meals today - lunch was Desiree potatoes, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and orange pepper with a bit of chicken, and dinner was stir fried courgettes, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes and a bit of bacon, followed by blueberries and ice cream.
I do love summer
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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No they were planted out at pencil thickness in early June and definitely not bolting, maybe they will get more tender when they mature.Originally posted by Penellype View PostLast edited by Bill HH; 05-08-2014, 09:29 PM.photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.htmlComment
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Very strange. I hope they improve for you - nothing more disappointing that harvesting something that looks good and turns out to be much less nice than you expect.Originally posted by Bill HH View PostA life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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Thanks, one thingis my wife left the whole, I usually cut them into 1 inch strips, these were 4 or5 inches and a bit like eating big slugsOriginally posted by Penellype View Post
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4 little tumbling toms tomatoes! The rest are either still green or still at the flower stage.sigpicComment
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Pink Fir Apple potatoes, about 2 lbs of runner beans, half a pound of French beans (lunch! Yummy), baby beetroot (to eat with the French beans) 2 cucumbers and 1 courgette that is now a marrow (piccalilli) and a courgette that is still a courgette, about 2 pounds of Katy apples, brought my garlic home and 2 pounds of onions - piccalilli. When the greengages are ripe I am going to need a wheelbarrow to harvest them into. The trees are laden. And a handful of tomatoes from the glass shed.Comment
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Sage - making a start on Christmas dinner
Is there anything that isn't made better by half an hour pottering in the veg patch?Comment
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potatoes,peas,gooseberries and blackcurrantsComment
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Whoops!
This 'courgette' is too big to fit in the fridge
DottyRComment
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The proof of the growing is in the eating.
Leave Rotten Fruit.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.Comment
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Nope, it's weighs 6 and half pounds! It 'grew ' overnight ( almost)!DottyRComment
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Oh dear! The courgettes are out of control. I popped to the plot to grab a few aubergine from the poly for a ratatouille. My round courgettes are the size of medium pumpkins. Grabbed two, three aubergine and a couple of handfuls of green, yellow and purple French beans.
Wow, holidays away from the plot in the summer are the worst idea ever. Everything has gone super crazy. I think my weekend is going to be spent harvesting and weeding.
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