Wednesday 24 December 2014

Christmas Vegetables

Tuesday was another very mild December day, at least the strong to gale force winds of the last week abated to produce just a very breezy day. The rain was just about holding off so we decided on a trip to the plot to harvest some vegetables for Christmas dinner.
After a few years of having a complete crop failure with sprouts we've grown this variety called Crispus, a club root resistant type, for the last couple of years with much better results. 
We also managed to harvest a few more seasonal vegetables too which looked pretty good once they’d had a quick wash. The savoy at the top of the picture is Resolution another first for us this year. We’re hoping that this variety along with a variety called Wintessa are going to give us savoys to harvest over the next couple of months.

8 comments:

  1. They look like what I call "Proper Veg". I'm glad you have had more success with the brassicas this year (even if the Parsnips are not so pretty!)

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    1. We do a very tasty ugly parsnip. Not available in the shops.

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  2. that`s a lovely set of Christmas veg

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    1. Thanks David - didn't even get cold picking them!

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  3. You''ll be having a great home grown feast for Christmas dinner. Mick harvested our entire crop of parsnips today, the grand total of four. At least we've got some for Christmas dinner.

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    1. I think we have a few parsnips left but until I dig them up I'm never too sure.

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  4. That's a good hearty selection of veg, perfect winter food. Enjoy!

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    1. The veg should go down a treat with some gooseberry crumble for afters.

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