"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

[shelley262]

@Annb hope you felt well enough and managed to spend time with your visiting friends before they head off to China.

 

[jpscloud]

@jpscloud amazing veggies well done - loving the calendula flowers too. You must, quite rightly, be feeling very proud of what you're achieving with your crops. Lovely photos too - thank you for sharing them.

I'm really happy with the successes, but we shall not speak of the brassicas Ok well let's speak of them a bit - I've really learned my lesson about covering them to exclude cabbage root fly, too late for the winter-long crops of swedes and sprouts I really wanted this year but I will have some.

I will have to get more nematodes to deal with caterpillars now - the usual cabbage whites are easy enough to relocate to nasturtiums, but this seems to be a very good (bad?) year for tiny diamondback moths, which have managed to lay their eggs on the brassicas through the insect mesh, and now the poor pathetic plants that had damaged root systems to start with are getting eaten away by tiny little caterpillars that I can't find!

The kalette plants seem to have got away with it though, they are looking pretty healthy. I sowed some kohlrabi today, there should be time to get a few of those before the end of autumn. I'm not sure I'll like them, but I'm hoping they will be nice in stews - I don't like the radish-like pepperyness of turnips but some people say kohlrabi are quite mild and sweet, more like broccoli stems (which I like) especially when cooked.

I forgot to mention @shelley262 I think we have the same salad spinner - in one of your photos I think I recognise the green basket? It's my first time using one, and it's a complete game changer for me!

I had porridge for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch and haven't had any tea - I had a late lunch and ate a bit more than I should have, so I'm not hungry. I might have some greek yoghurt with a few of the pink blueberries from my garden.

 

[shelley262]

@jpscloud think most veggies are definitely outside my comfort zone and not enough space in my garden. Also my local farm shop sells local veggies at a reasonable price.
Love my salad spinner - basket great to use when harvesting the salad too.
Pink blueberries sound interesting but I gave up on trying to grow blueberries after being unsuccessful several years in a row!

 

[jpscloud]

I gave up on trying to grow blueberries after being unsuccessful several years in a row!

The berries I have this year are my first crop and definitely more luck than anything!