Harvest Monday - 12 Dec 2016

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There’s not a huge amount coming out of my garden at present, though even the little harvests are welcome. This week Jane has been making and freezing some of the food for our Christmas dinner, so Sage from the garden has gone into Sage-and-Onion Stuffing, and Bay leaves into the Bread Sauce. I have also used some Leaf Celery in a couple of the dishes I have made.

Rather more substantial was this batch of Parsnips:

These ones are of the variety “Duchess”, which has become a favourite of mine. It produces long, regular roots with very few forked ones.

This shot gives a better idea of their size. That’s a washing-up bowl in which they are sitting.

One or two of the bigger ones had some canker around the crowns, but the smaller ones were largely clear, which is a relief.

The Carrots are nearing the end of the line, having produced for me a sizeable (if not pretty) crop. After this batch I think there will be just one more of a similar size.

As usual, this batch included a range of different shapes and sizes. They a mix of all four of my varieties – Autumn King, Norwich, Darina and Kelly.

Well, that’s the extent of my harvest this week. I’m linking my post to Dave’s Harvest Monday, over on Our Happy Acres.

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