Regular readers of this blog may recall my mentioning that I can’t grow carrots. In which case this first harvest may be something of a surprise. Yes they are carrots. But really these are the exception that proves the rule. Out of 5 neatly sown rows that went into the ground nigh on 6 months ago this measly selection is pretty much all I have to show for it. I did harvest a couple of others a week or so ago but to all extents and purposes this is it.
And do you know the worst thing – aside from the lovely orange one in the middle they didn’t even taste any good. So to all those people who’ve ever asked, “should I grow a multi-coloured carrot mix?” I answer a resounding NO! The simple truth (well to my palate anyway) is that orange carrots taste better, a few half decent purple skinned ones notwithstanding.
Far more successful than my carrot crop is my Cavolo Nero, which I would heartily recommend to all lovers of green leaves. These are today’s pickings:
Also going well is my Calabrese (Green Sprouting Broccoli), I got about 3 bundles of shoots this week. This is one such bundle.
I am going through something of a East Asian cooking phase at the moment and this broccoli went into a noodle stir fry, another lot went into noodle soup and another lot again was eaten stir -fried with oyster sauce.
This lovely bowl of herbs and watercress was also used in the noodle soup:
Aside from the mint, chillies, coriander and Vietnamese mint this bowl is predominantly watercress. I’m so excited that my watercress is finally at a harvest-able size. I love watercress and I haven’t had any for ages so its reappearance is much appreciated, especially as my garden is starting to get that barren between seasons look in places.
And now off to Daphne’s with you to see what else is being harvested around the globe.
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