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Post by OnlyMark on Nov 13, 2022 12:56:58 GMT 2
My first year in Germany and I asked Mrs M where I could get parsnips and swede. She said nowhere. Same thing, war and fed to animals.
Eventually found some on a once a year specialist farmer's market.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 13, 2022 13:18:56 GMT 2
When my cousin (now deceased) lived in Munich He went out into the country and rented a bit of land from a farmer so he could grow parsnips.
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Post by Voy on Nov 13, 2022 15:51:27 GMT 2
Did you know that when you make soup from Jerusalem artichokes it is called Palestine soup? -- as menioned - also called FARTichoke soup...
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 13, 2022 16:58:13 GMT 2
I am delighted to find parsnips in my local supermarket now. which was never found until a couple years ago. Well... I hope I'll find them again this winter...
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 14, 2022 12:02:44 GMT 2
Last year when we sowed broad beans direct in the ground they were all eaten as soon as they came up. This year we have started them in pots on the dining room windowsill. 23 out of 24 have germinated. I have moved the pots outside onto our patio table. When they have grown a bit and look sturdy they'll go to their permanent position in the allotment.
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Post by Voy on Nov 14, 2022 14:44:16 GMT 2
someone mentioned that asparagus and parsnips were different...
and in Germany they have something called "black roor" -- which is kinda like asparagus but different...
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 15, 2022 7:35:22 GMT 2
Salsify, Voy?
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Post by Voy on Nov 15, 2022 15:48:58 GMT 2
I don't know, staying with friends we had a rabbit cookoff ( my version and his ) and when I went to the market he told me to get black root -- I never heard another name for it.
aha - I googled it - yep.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 15, 2022 18:56:45 GMT 2
It could be salsify or scorzonera. I always think os salsify as having white skin and scorzonera as having black skin. In any case you don't eat the skin.
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 15, 2022 20:17:05 GMT 2
I'll have to look further as a quick look comes up with "black root" as a US/Canada traditional native medicine.
edited to add: a-ha! I looked for the german translation to black root and Baz is correct. Scorzonera.
People easily get confused between scorzonera and salsify.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 15, 2022 21:34:06 GMT 2
When I lived in Hertfordshire I grew scorzonera. This past spring I sowed it twice and it didnt come up.
Wikipedia says it is native to southern Europe.
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Post by Voy on Nov 15, 2022 22:26:40 GMT 2
I just realized that it WAS the scorzonera ... why don't we have it here ? - it was delish
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Post by rikita on Nov 16, 2022 0:05:24 GMT 2
the german wikipedia article on schwarzwurzeln leads to an english one called scorzonera, and the one on scorzonera hispanica or black salsify leads to a german one titled garten-schwarzwurzel (garden black root). i like schwarzwurzel but rarely make it because it is so much work to prepare them ...
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Post by rikita on Nov 16, 2022 0:06:28 GMT 2
ah sorry, didn't see the last few posts when i posted, so repeated things already said ...
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 16, 2022 0:33:22 GMT 2
With the black-skinned scorzanero I found it best to boil it first and then the skin just slips off. The alternative is to use a potato peeler when it is raw. But this way you lose more flesh and also your fingers end up sticky.
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Post by Netsuke on Nov 16, 2022 5:42:17 GMT 2
There are weeds growing up through the fake grass. And kikuyu too.
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 16, 2022 11:54:28 GMT 2
There are weeds growing up through the fake grass. And kikuyu too. You have fake grass? This is not the branch to be talking about that. Better post on Flushed. |
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 26, 2022 20:35:55 GMT 2
Just curious - has anyone had a Venus Fly Trap? Dit it live up to its name?
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Post by Baz Faz on Nov 28, 2022 18:56:27 GMT 2
Mrs Faz picked some of our own figs.
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 6, 2022 18:42:43 GMT 2
Mrs Faz has taken over the allotment (I hope only temporarily). Last season the broad beans we sowed were all eaten as soon as they emerged from the ground. This year I have sown them in pots. They look sturdy so this afternoon Mrs Faz has planted them out. Now we must be patient for 7 months.
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Post by Netsuke on Dec 7, 2022 0:30:24 GMT 2
There are weeds growing up through the fake grass. And kikuyu too. You have fake grass? This is not the branch to be talking about that. Better post on Flushed. What’s wrong with fake grass? Apart from the fact it’s not real, did I miss something here? I wasn’t referring to alternative horticulture - I don’t live in Nimbin. |
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 7, 2022 0:36:18 GMT 2
It's fake, that's what's wrong. It doesn't have weeds, it doesn't need cutting, birds can't dig for worms. It's like a wig. It's just not right.
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Post by Netsuke on Dec 7, 2022 2:37:17 GMT 2
The small back courtyard has concrete on the right hand side of the back glass sliding door and brickwork on the left hand side of that door. The fake grass lies over the concrete. I’m guessing it was done for astheatic reasons by the owner. The only bit of earth is a ten inch border along the back fence with grey and white stones.
And you’re wrong about the weeds, Baz. There’s a massive length of Kikuyu grass running underneath from the place behind and weeds growing vertically up out of that fake grass. I have no idea how any of this happened. Someone came and sprayed roundup on the weeds so hopefully this will get rid of it all.
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Post by Scrubb on Dec 7, 2022 3:19:03 GMT 2
I harvested the last of the basil off my plant and made a double batch of pesto. Mmmmm. Guess I can put the large pot outside for the rest of the winter and clear up space in the house.
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Post by sophie on Dec 7, 2022 3:33:45 GMT 2
We are still eating lettuce and parsley from our garden.
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 10, 2022 19:11:41 GMT 2
We ate our last apple today.
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 3, 2023 11:41:20 GMT 2
The first snowdrop is flowering in our garden.
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Post by sophie on Jan 16, 2023 3:38:30 GMT 2
I saw a flowering forsythia today. Yesterday I pruned the boxwood bush with the electric pruners. A bit heavy to use with one hand up high but worked better than expected. First time I’ve used one; it was left with the house when we moved in. I also pruned the roses (only two) and cut back all the dead branches from the bottlebrush bush from last year’s (yikes.. year and a half back) transplanting trauma. Daffodils are starting to come up.
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Post by Baz Faz on Mar 2, 2023 19:17:00 GMT 2
It was not a harsh winter but there was a cold snap that killed our broad bean seedlings. This afternoon I have resowed them. They are in little pots on the windowsill in the dining room. Let's hope they germinate soon and grow well with the longer days.
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Post by tzarine on Mar 2, 2023 23:13:37 GMT 2
my baby coriander greens are coming up
as are the spring scallions!
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