While tidying up today I’ve harvested a few things to make room for what was growing next to them.
From left the right, there are baby leeks that looked as though they would be going to seed before fattening up so I pulled them. About 6 fennel bulbs, they are a reasonable size but have stopped fattening up so will so well in a lovely braised fennel dish and on the right are chiggioa beetroot, I’ve harvested them at this size as I’d planted them in a bed layed with chicken wire so if I let them get much bigger the wire starts to cut into them. They are such a lovely striped colour which surprisingly holds well when boiled and they are so sweet yet have the distinctly earthy beetroot flavour. They are lovely and I find them easier to grow than regular beetroot so will deffinately be growing this again.
There are a few more things to harvest as I tidy up so will post as I go. Happy gardening.
