Veggies in today's dinner were brought to you be the letter v (for vege-patch). Photos below. The potatooze were apparently very good, but not all of us eat them. The carrots, turnips and broccoli (not shown) were excellent with the Havoc ham.
Showing posts with label Turnips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turnips. Show all posts
25 December 2011
20 November 2011
Seeding is believing
Time to get some more seeds in since the weather is so bad today:
4 pottles with:
Zucchini - ambasador f1
3 pottles with:
Pumpkin - spooki
A tray of:
Leek - winter giant
6 each of:
Cabbage - Copenhagen market
Spinach - winter giant
Kohlrabi -early purple Vienna
4 pottles with:
Zucchini - ambasador f1
3 pottles with:
Pumpkin - spooki
A tray of:
Leek - winter giant
6 each of:
Cabbage - Copenhagen market
Spinach - winter giant
Kohlrabi -early purple Vienna
24 October 2011
BeetIt
In went the sugarbeet along with white turnips. While I was at it also transplanted the green mignette lettuces of which 6 had survived. None of the cos germinated!
The butternut squash are lifting their heads. The tomato in the big pots still live but one cucumber of four has died.
The butternut squash are lifting their heads. The tomato in the big pots still live but one cucumber of four has died.
22 January 2011
And the Winner is... Vege Patch
The Otago-Taieri A&P Society Show was today. Last week I phoned up and placed an entry in the "Any other Vegetable not Specified" category. Yesterday I went into the vege patch and chose the best 2 turnips, cleaned them up and took them to the showgrounds. Today I returned to discover a red ticket - first place! Vege Patch turnips are the best turnips on the region! For a whole year I can make the claim that I (officially) grow the best turnips around!
26 December 2010
Rhubarb Crumble
2.8KG of rhubarb came out of the parch and into the kitchen. 800g went into rhubarb crumble (which was excellent) and 2KG was stewed and went into bottles. This is the first (non-jam) bottling endeavour for the patch and it seems to have worked well.
For Christmas dinner Kohlrabi, Cauliflower, and turnips. The cheddar yellow cauliflower is excellent both raw and cooked. The remains went into filo-parcels for dinner tonight. They, too, were good.
Tomatoes are starting to come, but the plants are yellowing. They need some tomato food.
For Christmas dinner Kohlrabi, Cauliflower, and turnips. The cheddar yellow cauliflower is excellent both raw and cooked. The remains went into filo-parcels for dinner tonight. They, too, were good.
Tomatoes are starting to come, but the plants are yellowing. They need some tomato food.
27 September 2010
Planting Out Onions and Turnips
The first batch of Long-Keeper onions went into the patch. Some were left in over the winter, just to see what happened. They survived and continue to grow. You can see here a mix of old and young onions.
The last spaces in the patch are filling up. You see here the brassicas planted out over the weekend. In the front on the left was planted (today) with the white-turnips.
18 October 2009
Bean there done that.
Peas and beens from the last post were planted in the sprouting chambers the next day. 30 of the 40 peas have gerninated. The beans are beginning to germinate too. It appears to happen more slowly with beans than with peas.
Also (last weekend) planted leek seeds and strawberries seeds (seeds saved from last year's crop of alpine strawberried). Both were planted in pots in the green-room and both have started to germinate.
Plonked some old parsnip seeds into the patch along with turnip seeds (white and green).
Went to Nichols to get a small tunnel. After placing it over a small patch of the patch it was clearlt warmer inside than out (when you stick your arm in. To test it properly one of the punnets of 2 squash were transplanted from a pot into the patch under the tunnel. With some luck it'll thrive (the zucchini put into the patch died).
Also (last weekend) planted leek seeds and strawberries seeds (seeds saved from last year's crop of alpine strawberried). Both were planted in pots in the green-room and both have started to germinate.
Plonked some old parsnip seeds into the patch along with turnip seeds (white and green).
Went to Nichols to get a small tunnel. After placing it over a small patch of the patch it was clearlt warmer inside than out (when you stick your arm in. To test it properly one of the punnets of 2 squash were transplanted from a pot into the patch under the tunnel. With some luck it'll thrive (the zucchini put into the patch died).
14 April 2009
Fresh Garden Vegies (and a cucumber too)
Parsnips, Carrots, and Turnips for dinner. This is the first parsnip from the garden this season, they take months for grow. Turnips and carrots as usual.
Cucumbers grow well inside in Dunedin. This is the first from the vine, but there is at least one other that will do well, and a total of about 10 in early stages.
28 January 2009
Good Bad Ugly
After removing all the green turnips and a ton of weeds the bed on the left was somewhat empty. Of the parsnips planted, only 3 (or was it 4) germinated, all from Niche (none from Yates). Not many carrots had germinated either - perhaps all because the irrigation system had somehow been turned off.
What to do with an empty bed in January - plant with winter crops. A new row of parsnips went in and the spaced between the plants filled with new seeds. The same with the mixed coloured carrots, and a new row of Red Barron orange carrots (thats a row of mixed colours a, a row of orange, and filling the gaps with mixed colours).
The row of white turnips was filled too.
Finally, a few days ago 4 brussel sprout plants were planted out into the brassica bed. It looks like the brassica bed is doing well, lets hope for success over winter and into summer (thankfully the rabbit hasn't been seen all summer).
As for the ugly - the cos lettuce have started to bolt. One more was harvested today. Thats 3 for the season. Seeds in the green room have germinated so more soon (hopefully).
What to do with an empty bed in January - plant with winter crops. A new row of parsnips went in and the spaced between the plants filled with new seeds. The same with the mixed coloured carrots, and a new row of Red Barron orange carrots (thats a row of mixed colours a, a row of orange, and filling the gaps with mixed colours).
The row of white turnips was filled too.
Finally, a few days ago 4 brussel sprout plants were planted out into the brassica bed. It looks like the brassica bed is doing well, lets hope for success over winter and into summer (thankfully the rabbit hasn't been seen all summer).
As for the ugly - the cos lettuce have started to bolt. One more was harvested today. Thats 3 for the season. Seeds in the green room have germinated so more soon (hopefully).
TurnipTime
Four kinds of turnips have been growing in the patch this year, the Red, Green, White, and Purple. Of these the best are the red and white, followed by the purple. None of us like the green much. Here's a pic of the pick.
02 January 2009
The Story of the One-Pound Turnip
When we left for holiday three weeks ago this turnip wasn't visible above the surface of the soil. On return it has grown to a whapping one pound. There's another in ground about the same size and also ready for eating. The one in the photo is on the oven for tonight's dinner.
23 November 2008
The Onions and Spinach Leek
Transplanted from the seed trays into the vege patch:
2 spinach (the first to germinate here ever!)
1 borettana onion (which within a few hours was mistaken for a week and half-pulled)
6 leek
3 egg plant
The whole patch got a good weeding (it needed it) then a row of root-parsley by the stratwberry spinach (the spinach plants are about the size of my thumb nail!).
Finally, by the turnips went in a row of coloured carrots (niche seeds) then a row of orange carrots (red barron from red barn a few years ago) and finally a row of white turnips (Kaiotes).
2 spinach (the first to germinate here ever!)
1 borettana onion (which within a few hours was mistaken for a week and half-pulled)
6 leek
3 egg plant
The whole patch got a good weeding (it needed it) then a row of root-parsley by the stratwberry spinach (the spinach plants are about the size of my thumb nail!).
Finally, by the turnips went in a row of coloured carrots (niche seeds) then a row of orange carrots (red barron from red barn a few years ago) and finally a row of white turnips (Kaiotes).
20 September 2008
Seeded
With 25c-30cm between rows you don't get many rows in a vege-patch. Luckily the rows are long. Starting from then end that is adjacent to the rhubarb, one row was sewn yesterday and 4 rows today. The rows (from the rhubarb end) are now:
Parsnips (Yatesnips)
Parsnips (Niche)
Turnip Red Round (Kings)
Turnip Golden Ball (Kings)
Carrot (a mix of red, white, yellow, purple from Kaiotes and Red Barron from The Red Barn)
Of course the Yates, Kaiotes, and Red Barn seeds are from last (and previous) years.
Parsnips (Yatesnips)
Parsnips (Niche)
Turnip Red Round (Kings)
Turnip Golden Ball (Kings)
Carrot (a mix of red, white, yellow, purple from Kaiotes and Red Barron from The Red Barn)
Of course the Yates, Kaiotes, and Red Barn seeds are from last (and previous) years.
28 December 2007
Red, White, and... Yellow!
Red carrots really are red. Yellow carrots really are yellow. White turnips are white too. The red carrots taste better than the yellow ones. Garden salad for lunch, lettuce, carrot and turnips fresh from the garden. Excellent!
02 December 2007
Brassica Harvest
Planted some seeds 100 coloured carrots (kaiotes), also white turnips (kaiotes) and black radish. But first made space and this time remembered to take some photos.
Black Radish (66 days) look black when wet and photographed.
Turnips that were planted last year that sprang up and grew well.
White turnips started to flower so I dug some up, and thined out the others.
Black Radish (66 days) look black when wet and photographed.
Turnips that were planted last year that sprang up and grew well.
White turnips started to flower so I dug some up, and thined out the others.
28 October 2007
Seeds
Quiet weekend. 100 mixed carrots (Kaiotes), White turnips (Kaiots), black radish, and some turnips from the saved seed. A little thining out of cramped areas, but other than that, not a lot happened.
Also spend some time preparing the right hand patch. The area on the righr was dug over to one spade depth and 1 inch of compost added. Decided in the end to do the whole side which meant removing the artichokes and the spinach.
Clearly things are growing.
Also spend some time preparing the right hand patch. The area on the righr was dug over to one spade depth and 1 inch of compost added. Decided in the end to do the whole side which meant removing the artichokes and the spinach.
Clearly things are growing.
14 October 2007
Seed Day
Another 100 mixed colour carrots, this time from Niche seeds. Also another row of Tokyo turnips (Kaiotes), black radishes (Kaiotes), and turnips (seeds collected by me).
Although the second patch is not yet ready, in went a row of spinach near where the artichokes are. With some luck the cat won't dig the spinach up this time!
Although the second patch is not yet ready, in went a row of spinach near where the artichokes are. With some luck the cat won't dig the spinach up this time!
29 September 2007
One Week Late
Last weekend was to have been carrots this weekend turnips, except the carrots weren't planted last weekend.
Today's plantings were:
Carrots, 4 mixed coloured varieties from Kaiotes and the Red Barron from Red Barn. 100 seeds mixed then planted in no particular order, but in the right row.
Turnips, seeds harvested last year. Japanese turnips from Yates. All planted as the next row in with the others. Finally, the blach radishes from Kaiotes.
There are signs that carrots, red onions, radish and turnips are all sprouting.
Seedlings for the green-room was planted in little plastic punnets with 6 holes per punnet. As there was time, this included:
3 giant pumpkins
3 squash
6 red onion
3 zucchini
3 pumpkin
6 purple cauliflower
6 green cauliflower
6 onion
That's the lot! The green and purple cauliflower in the sprouting chamber (with the plastic lid) all appear to either have not sprouted, or to have died! No giant pumpkin sproted either! Lets hope it was bad luck and not bad seeds.
Today's plantings were:
Carrots, 4 mixed coloured varieties from Kaiotes and the Red Barron from Red Barn. 100 seeds mixed then planted in no particular order, but in the right row.
Turnips, seeds harvested last year. Japanese turnips from Yates. All planted as the next row in with the others. Finally, the blach radishes from Kaiotes.
There are signs that carrots, red onions, radish and turnips are all sprouting.
Seedlings for the green-room was planted in little plastic punnets with 6 holes per punnet. As there was time, this included:
3 giant pumpkins
3 squash
6 red onion
3 zucchini
3 pumpkin
6 purple cauliflower
6 green cauliflower
6 onion
That's the lot! The green and purple cauliflower in the sprouting chamber (with the plastic lid) all appear to either have not sprouted, or to have died! No giant pumpkin sproted either! Lets hope it was bad luck and not bad seeds.
22 September 2007
Signs of Life!
Japanese Turnips (left) look like all brassica sprouts with that distinctive set of early leaves.
Carrots sprouts (left) look a lot like grass - don't go weeding the patch until they get big enough to distinguish grass from carrots.
15 September 2007
Second Row
Two weeks ago the first turnip rows went in. This week the second rows of turnips went in. Three types are being used - Yates Turnips (Purple Top White Globe), half a row. The other half of the row was last years seeds harvested by me - they were originally the Yates Turnips but went to seed and so they're being tried. I have hundreds of these seeds!
Turnips - sprout 6-10 days, harvest 10-12 weeks.
The second row of Japanese Turnips is the Turnip Tokyo Cross from Kaiotes. It will, indeed, be interesting to compare the results from Yates to those from Kaiotes - both in size and taste.
Turnip Tokyo Cross - sprout ???, harvest ??? details not included!
Radishes in previous years have been a complete disaster. For two years none grew, but at the end of last year a last-ditch effort to grow some in an otherwise empty spot resulted in a bowel of small ones. This year Radish Black Round (Kaiotes). They are apparently Raphanus sativus. Two short rows. As nothing else has grown to shade the spot (yet), they should get good sun.
Radish Black Round - sprout ???, harvest 53-80 days.
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin (Kaiotes). Four, each planted in their own little pot and placed in the sun room upstairs. Once they sprot they move to the garden - probably under the tree.
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin - sprout 3-12 days, harvest 120 days.
Six Black Beauty Zucchini (Watkins) went into a white plastic six-hole propagation pot. These also went into the sun room upstairs. Again they'll go under the tree. Again in previous years no success. Two years ago they grew well outside but no fruit. Last year they did badly outside and inside no fruit because all the flowers were male!
Black Beauty Zucchini - sprout 5-10 days, harvest 5-7 weeks.
Turnips - sprout 6-10 days, harvest 10-12 weeks.
The second row of Japanese Turnips is the Turnip Tokyo Cross from Kaiotes. It will, indeed, be interesting to compare the results from Yates to those from Kaiotes - both in size and taste.
Turnip Tokyo Cross - sprout ???, harvest ??? details not included!
Radishes in previous years have been a complete disaster. For two years none grew, but at the end of last year a last-ditch effort to grow some in an otherwise empty spot resulted in a bowel of small ones. This year Radish Black Round (Kaiotes). They are apparently Raphanus sativus. Two short rows. As nothing else has grown to shade the spot (yet), they should get good sun.
Radish Black Round - sprout ???, harvest 53-80 days.
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin (Kaiotes). Four, each planted in their own little pot and placed in the sun room upstairs. Once they sprot they move to the garden - probably under the tree.
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin - sprout 3-12 days, harvest 120 days.
Six Black Beauty Zucchini (Watkins) went into a white plastic six-hole propagation pot. These also went into the sun room upstairs. Again they'll go under the tree. Again in previous years no success. Two years ago they grew well outside but no fruit. Last year they did badly outside and inside no fruit because all the flowers were male!
Black Beauty Zucchini - sprout 5-10 days, harvest 5-7 weeks.
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