There's still quite a bit of harvesting to do. I planted Chard seed outside back in May and it has produced leaves thoughout summer. (pictured above).
Variety: Chard Bright Lights, Mr Fothergill's, 150 seeds, £2.29. The pack says the chard will die down in Winter and come up again in Spring (for another crop) before they run to seed. How exciting!
This week I harvested bag grown potatoes. Instead of buying the potato grow bags I used two old compost bags; folded the sides down & planted about four tubers in each bag (back in April). I folded the sides of the bag back up as I earthed up the poatotes as they grew. I didn't get a very big yield from my bags (yield pictured from 1 bag). In fact, I would only get about two meals for 4 people.Variety: 'Maris' Peer Seed Potatoes, Homebase, 2 kg bag for £3.49.
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| Irish restaurants serve "champ". This is mashed potatoes with about 1/3 cup of chopped spring onion or chives. Yummy! |
Not being a huge fan of mashed potatoes, I did love "champ" in Ireland, as the spring onions elavated them to a delicious category! You idea to plant potatoes in old compost bags was great. That would work nicely for folks without much land.
ReplyDeleteO love the mashed potato variant! I happed by from Blotanical and hoovered up that tip
ReplyDeleteWhy do you say remove the centre of nasturtium flowers? We have always eaten them whole (carefully washed first)
ReplyDeleteHi Elephant's Eye, thanks for your comment. I've been doing some research on the web about edible flowers and some articles suggest a few people may have flower allergies, and more prone if eating the pollen or inner bit of the flower. I generally use the whole flower as decoration (which I don't generally eat) and scatter petals into the salad, etc (which I would eat). Good to know you eat the whole thing!
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