Comments on: Plan plot scheme!

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:28:53 +0000

Remind me not to come chez Gray in the Summer Although Ingrid’s porky recipes sound good. I guess what I mean is I should incorporate these things into my repertoire and *then* start growing them, not the other way around.

Hmm… makes me think I really ought to have Butternut Squash on this plan.

Not too late to prune an apple tree but I would get on with it if I were you.

Jezza – will keep trying with the carrots then.

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:10:52 +0000

Goodness, that’s all rather impressively well-planned.

Must get out there this weekend and sort out our veg patch. Tomatoes worked really well last year, and we also had some success with sorrell, though the uses for it are a bit limited.

Fennel is great though – just briefly boiled, then chopped up and mixed with some pasta and parmesan. That’s a summer staple chez Gray.

Incidentally, is it too late in the season to prune an apple tree?

Looking forward to having my own little helper too this year!

By: Whitehall Webby

Whitehall Webby — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:39:01 +0000

Do you do mail order?

Two things I’ve learnt from six years of a local box scheme:

1. celeriac, fennel, Swiss chard and other ‘esoterics’ worth a punt every once in a while for variety. Celeriac in particular makes ace mash mixed with spuds.

2. First thing I noticed – carrot varieties varied enormously in flavour so worth mixing it up.

By: Ingrid Koehler

Ingrid Koehler — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:29:58 +0000

Fennel is fabulous with roast pork or in a lasagne or roasted on pizza or in sausage pasta. Yummy. Fennel is highly decorative in its own right.

Good luck with the little helper!