Veg Garden Updates

[Anniekay]

That a lovely video with birds singing, flowers blooming, and wonderful music to listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed that !!

Lots of work though !!

 

[Zigs]

That a lovely video with birds singing, flowers blooming, and wonderful music to listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed that !!

Lots of work though !!

Ta Annie We were getting up about 5am in the summer to turn the hay before it got hot. Very satisfying running the rows up though

 

[Zigs]

Been collecting the leaves every few days

 

[Anniekay]

@Zigs When I clicked on the video all I saw was a black screen telling me to sign in

 

[Zigs]

@Zigs When I clicked on the video all I saw was a black screen telling me to sign in

I've deleted it and reloaded it Annie, see if it works now

 

[Anniekay]

I've deleted it and reloaded it Annie, see if it works now

I think it’s me, not you. I’m on my IPhone instead of my tablet because my tablet wouldn’t power on yesterday. It seems that unless I go to YouTube’s site and search it, it gives me that black screen. I was watching George Carlin on stage on YouTube last night and got those videos, no problem !!

My new tablet will be here on Monday, so, I’ll watch it then

 

[Jersey Devil]

Not quite a veg garden update but look what came up in the pudding tunnel

There is a fungus amung us

 

[Zigs]

Bit quiet at the moment but the Land Cress is coming on



This makes quite big leaves over winter, quite peppery like Water Cress.

 

[Tetters]

That cress is very useful in winter salads! I'm not quite as enthusiastic though about today's picking of the greens. I have never seen so much slug poo in one picking - YUK. It took about four washes and a lot of close inspection to pass the test before blanching and freezing - talk about sticking to blankets It was like pulling dead midges out of a netted curtain. I need a cup of strong tea now.

 

[Anniekay]

That cress is very useful in winter salads! I'm not quite as enthusiastic though about today's picking of the greens. I have never seen so much slug poo in one picking - YUK. It took about four washes and a lot of close inspection to pass the test before blanching and freezing - talk about sticking to blankets It was like pulling dead midges out of a netted curtain. I need a cup of strong tea now.

Is Landcress the same as Mache ? I had Mache in Germany and loved it, it was sweet, but Landcress I've never knowingly eaten.

 

[Tetters]

Is Landcress the same as Mache ? I had Mache in Germany and loved it, it was sweet, but Landcress I've never knowingly eaten.

I didn't know anything about mache so I looked it up. No, it is known here as lambs lettuce, another one that Zigs grows, but not like land cress. That tastes like watercress, which is peppery. We are able to get that from a tiny village nearby when it's in season.
land cress. water cress looks much the same, but is best when growing in a fast moving spring.
lambs lettuce, has no peppery taste, it is much like any other lettuce, and part of the valerian family so Zigs just told me.

 

[Anniekay]

I didn't know anything about mache so I looked it up. No, it is known here as lambs lettuce, another one that Zigs grows, but not like land cress. That tastes like watercress, which is peppery. We are able to get that from a tiny village nearby when it's in season.
View attachment 1832land cress. View attachment 1833 water cress looks much the same, but is best when growing in a fast moving spring.
View attachment 1834 lambs lettuce, has no peppery taste, it is much like any other lettuce, and part of the valerian family so Zigs just told me.

Thank you @Tetters. I grow Arugala, which you call rocket, for a peppery and nutty flavor in salads. I have to get some in the ground but it grows fast so, I' m sur that by the time my Mache, ( it's also sometimes called corn salad here) is up, the Arugala will be already ahead of it.

 

[Zigs]

I thought of Rocket when you said Mache @Anniekay but Tetters beat me to it with Lambs Lettuce (also called Corn Salad here) We've only got one or two plants of Lambs Lettuce this year as I didn't get around to planting it

This is the stuff Tetters has been slaving over all afternoon...



Slugs have had a right go at it this year. They normally have a bit but they haven't stopped

 

[Anniekay]

I thought of Rocket when you said Mache @Anniekay but Tetters beat me to it with Lambs Lettuce (also called Corn Salad here) We've only got one or two plants of Lambs Lettuce this year as I didn't get around to planting it

This is the stuff Tetters has been slaving over all afternoon...

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Slugs have had a right go at it this year. They normally have a bit but they haven't stopped

Looks deliscious !! I've got one chinese cabbage being attacked so I put a few pieces of my black plastic edging on top of the soil around it today. Hope to get a few slugs from under it in the morning.

 

[Zigs]

Looks deliscious !! I've got one chinese cabbage being attacked so I put a few pieces of my black plastic edging on top of the soil around it today. Hope to get a few slugs from under it in the morning.

Hope you found the slugs, I've got my Chinese Cabbage on blocks in a tray of water.

 

[Sheal]

That cress would be good in salmon quiche.

 

[Anniekay]

Hope you found the slugs, I've got my Chinese Cabbage on blocks in a tray of water.

Not a slug or snail one !! It's something else but Sherlock Annie hadn't gotten it figured out yet !!

 

[Zigs]

That cress would be good in salmon quiche.

I'll tell the boss

Not a slug or snail one !! It's something else but Sherlock Annie hadn't gotten it figured out yet !!

Caterpillar then, I'd suspect a Cabbage White Butterfly

 

[Anniekay]

I'll tell the boss



Caterpillar then, I'd suspect a Cabbage White Butterfly

I've got some BT. and will spray it in the morning. Thanks Zigs for that

 

[Zigs]

Did you find your caterpillar Annie?

This is all we got from 1,000 parsnip seeds First off they wouldn't germinate, then when they did come up the slugs ate most of them. The ones that survived then only got an inch and a half of rain all summer.