{"id":11120,"date":"2022-12-24T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=11120"},"modified":"2022-12-24T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T15:34:58","slug":"christmas-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/christmas-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We made the obligatory trip to the allotment to harvest some vegetables to have with our Christmas dinner.<\/p>

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We usually go to the plot in the afternoon but, as rain was forecast, we went in the morning.<\/p>

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It was very gloomy and soggy underfoot. The ground has metamorphosed from too hard and dry, through too soggy and muddy, too hard and frozen and back to too soggy and muddy.<\/p>

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Just as we were completing our harvesting, it started to rain so the decision to set out in the morning was the right one.<\/p>

The sprout plants didn’t enjoy the drought conditions despite us trying to keep up with the watering. We didn’t expect to find that any sprouts had developed but a couple of plants had formed some baby sprouts.<\/p>

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December 22 – Parsnips, sprouts, leeks and savoys<\/figcaption><\/figure>

We lifted the first of our parsnips. Due to sporadic germination followed by inhospitable growing conditions, we were not expecting much. We managed to dig some usable roots from the end of the bed where germination had been the best but the parsnips at the other end of the bed were tiny and not worth bringing home. Our best root was somewhat of a surprise. When thinning out the seedlings I had missed one station and two rather large plantlets were growing side by side. I decided to flout the growing ‘rules’ that tell us that parsnips can’t be transplanted and carefully replanted the extra root. Incredibly this transplant produced our best parsnip. Sometimes it pays to tear up the rule book! We filmed a video of our morning harvesting and it is posted here<\/a><\/p>

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A couple of non-Christmassy meals that we had this week that used our homegrown vegetables were firstly a vegetable curry<\/a>. Into this went some of our squash, onion, frozen green beans and frozen red peppers. It was served with brown rice and Martyn’s homemade naans.<\/p>

\"\"Later in the week, I made a turkey hotpot that used our potatoes. frozen sweetcorn and frozen peas. I also added some mushrooms,<\/p>

That’s all for this week, until next time I hope that you have a happy and peaceful Christmas. As always stay well, stay safe and keep warm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We made the obligatory trip to the allotment to harvest some vegetables to have with our Christmas dinner. We usually go to the plot in the afternoon but, as rain was forecast, we went in the morning. It was very gloomy and soggy underfoot. 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