Comments on: Gardeners Question Time

By: laura

laura — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:55:23 +0000

I just came across your blog today great stuff. I’m guessing you have harvested you aubergine by now but just for future aubergines tend to be ready to harvest once they have a shine to them, they start to loose their shine as they tip past the point of perfectness , no problem still good eating but they are busy putting energy into their seeds and if you leave it too long they can be bitter and seedy.

By: Living Green

Living Green — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:52:44 +0000

Wow, that looks really great. Those veggies look extremely fresh and delicious. I have a really small garden right now and would like to expand it much larger next year. Hopefully I can produce veggies as nice as yours

By: Sock Yee

Sock Yee — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:56:04 +0000

I hope I will have the chance to fulfill my dreams by growing my own produce someday. Those green veges really look delicious and I’m sure it must be real fun walking up to your plot of farm everyday and deciding which one to pick.

By: Karen - An Artists Garden

Karen - An Artists Garden — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:45:10 +0000

mmm. thanks for that – this is the first year I have grown it (chard bright lights)
Regards
Karen

By: earthwoman

earthwoman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:51:09 +0000

Thanks for the comments folks.

Karen – I do a number of things with the chard, my fall back is always potato and chard curry but today I have just baked paper-wrapped chard and chorizo mini quiches.

My friend likes to take the chard and sweat it off with onions then serve drizzled with lemon and garlic.

The colourful stems are stir fried.

By: green blog

green blog — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:43:31 +0000

I do envy looking at that healthy green produce. I wish mine could be the same. They sure look like all these were made out of hard work and pure devotion. Sometimes it just makes you wonder, wouldn’t it be a waste to just eat them?

By: Bilbo

Bilbo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:17 +0000

Wow, that all looks fantastic. If I keep reading your blog, and Mrs Flummery’s and others I will end up with a section of Bag End growing vegetables, and that was never part of the grand plan!

By: Soilman

Soilman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:09:36 +0000

Super carrots. Totally impressed. Mine never grow as straight or as big as that!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:46:54 +0000

That’s definitely a Butternut you have growing. Take a look at my latest blog entry and you’ll see a near identical photo of how my Butternuts currently look. They start green, almost stripey, and gradually change to that familiar beige colour when they are ripe.

By: Brigid

Brigid — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:12:49 +0000

I believe squashes interbreed prolifically, so you could have a completely new variety. I think the ornamental gourds are edible but just not very nice.