I can't remember what they were, but pretty sure they are earlies...this is very exciting - as people who have veg gardens or allotments, always rate their tatties.
Mine look nice, though haven't as yet cooked them up...also pulled up some onions, carrots and beetroot. So will make a nice salad or something.
It was nice to come home again with a bag of veg with some weight to it.
The carrots are not very uniform, it may be that my soil isn't deep enough, or easy enough for them to make their way down straight - they seem to be twisted or split into fingers....still taste OK!
Above, home grown produce...l to r
onions, potatoes, carrots, beetroot.
I had a look on the BBC "Dig In" website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/digin/beetroot.shtml) on beetroot, and will take their advice on cooking it - when I first did this I peeled them, and cut off the tap root, this lets loads of the colour wash out while cooking....the website has advice on growing and cooking other veg too.
Rhubarb - photo from 28/6/2009 - forgot to put this is in previous post!!
Basically happy to report that rhubarb has now settled in and is starting to flourish.
Thought I had lost this plant, as it went all floppy when I first planted it!
Will take more photos soon, to show how quick everything is growing...the sweetcorn is very tall and chunky.
The plants in the pots in the garden (all grown from seed) have got a fair bit bigger, so I will probably get rid of the peas , which are proving a waste of effort, and get my extra sweetcorn, tomatoes and peppers down to the plot.
I've had comments from my lovely (and supportive) wife about her becoming an "allotment widow". This needs to be taken seriously, even if it is a gross exageration. May have to take up golf (even though I promised not to do this until I was old enough), to give an alternative form of "widowdom".
Mobile phone tip 4: Don't leave phone in potato patch!
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