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.