How are the veggies coming along?

[gary112]

Made a start on the veg patch today,4 rows of Charlotte potatoes,2 rows beetroot and some spring onions 

[Stere]

I see you have earthed your spuds up before they even sprouted up?

 

Keen 🙂

 

 

 

 

[gary112]

8 hours ago, Stere said:

I see you have earthed your spuds up before they even sprouted up?

 

Keen 🙂

 

 

 

 

Always earth up when i put them in and leave em to it then 

[Stere]

Probably makes no difference but won't they be buired abit deep before they  reach daylight unless planted shallow?

 

 

 

I dig a trench chuck spuds in backfill the trench with manure from the compost heap then the soil from dug trench back on top, then  a few weeks after they pop up,  go I along the rows with a chillington hoe several times earthing up.

 

Proabably OTT  but like the look of having  large ridges a furrows....

 

 

Edited April 17, 2022 by Stere

[gary112]

8 hours ago, Stere said:

Probably makes no difference but won't they be buired abit deep before they  reach daylight unless planted shallow?

 

 

 

I dig a trench chuck spuds in backfill the trench with manure from the compost heap then the soil from dug trench back on top, then  a few weeks after they pop up,  go I along the rows with a chillington hoe several times earthing up.

 

Proabably OTT  but like the look of having  large ridges a furrows....

 

 

That’s how I’ve always done them and usually get good crop 

[daveatdave]

some in pots i got going in the greenhouse will be putting them outside soon 

[sime42]

Loving the chard at the moment. It's an underrated vegetable I think. Dead easy to grow, gives a good yield and virtually pest free. One of the few leafy greens available this time of year. This lot is from last year, it over winters no problem.

[david lawrence]

Agree with that on chard

i just go for the leaves not so much the stems 

even in Northumberland  hills it mostly overwinters 

 

[peds]

6 hours ago, david lawrence said:

 

i just go for the leaves not so much the stems 

 

This is my advice for most vegetables, but try fermenting them.

 

Chopped stems, spring onions, chilli and garlic, fermented for a few weeks with 3% weight of salt, makes great fried rice or noodles; also an incredible bubble and squeak with leftover potatoes and a fried egg on top. 

[Sutton]

6 hours ago, peds said:

 try fermenting

New to us. Thanks for the suggestion. Just for amusement, here's an academic pharmacist's alternative perspective:

 

https://theconversation.com/kombucha-kimchi-and-yogurt-how-fermented-foods-could-be-harmful-to-your-health-126131

 

The author doesn't like alcohol, it seems :)

 

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/manal-mohammed-for-which-about-the-common-mistakes-that-people-make-when-using-hand-sanitiser