Libby
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Is there anyway to tell...If a beetroot is woody before you cook it???
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nanny-now and forever
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if you pick them at about the size of a cricket ball and they have had sufficient water (which no doubt they have this year) then they should be fairly tender when you cook them
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Libby
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I love beetroot. Beetroot and mayonaise sandwiches to be precise! MMmm I never seem to have much luck growing them as they seem to take and absolute age, I forget about them, then I see them and they are huge. The ones I have just picked where planted in May  and are only now a resaonable size!
This veggie growing is hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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nanny-now and forever
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| Libby wrote: | | This veggie growing is hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
i sometimes wonder why we put ourselves through it all when you fight flood and pestilence and end up with almost nothing....
just as well our lives don't depend on it really...............
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agapanthus
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| Libby wrote: | I love beetroot. Beetroot and mayonaise sandwiches to be precise! MMmm I never seem to have much luck growing them as they seem to take and absolute age, I forget about them, then I see them and they are huge. The ones I have just picked where planted in May and are only now a resaonable size!
This veggie growing is hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I've got a lovely beetroot salad recipe:
Grate boiled beetroot......add chopped spring onions, chopped dill, salt and freshly ground pepper....mix with lemon juice and mayo. Scrummy and the most beautiful colour!!
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Libby
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Ooooooooo yummy!
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fish
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| nanny wrote: | | Libby wrote: | | This veggie growing is hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
i sometimes wonder why we put ourselves through it all when you fight flood and pestilence and end up with almost nothing....
just as well our lives don't depend on it really............... |
w grow 70% of our needs here! it is hard work but the rewards if done correctly are high! so far this season ,based on organic prices i have produced over £650.00 worth! heres a pic of a picking of beets:
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Libby
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| fish wrote: |
if done correctly
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See thats it! If done correctly!!!
Well I am obviously not as my veggies are rubbish! I have a handful of peas, lots and lots of French Beans (I always manage these) 2 carrots, yes thats it 2!!!! Tomatoes, but then they are in the greenhouse along with 1 aubergine, although there are 6 plants  Some potatoes I didn't even plant and the courgettes are rotting on the plant, no there not big!!
Wonder if I should give up???
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nanny-now and forever
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[quote="Libby
Wonder if I should give up???[/quote]
dont' be silly
you have 2 more carrots than i have for a start
my onions are ok, the spuds have blight but hey ho, i wil lhave loads of runner beans, the peas have recovered, my brassicas are too small really but will do for the spring and the leeks are still sitting in the pots i greew them in from seed
but whatever happens, i grew them
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fish
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never give up libby! remember:
rotation
manure
spacing
placement.
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Libby
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| fish wrote: | never give up libby! remember:
rotation
manure
spacing
placement. |
Rotation  Just about doing that, my plot is exceptionally small!
Manure Flippin horses everywhere so plenty of that!
Spacing Probably an issue as plot so small!
Placement What do you mean by this Fish?
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