Reply To: Harvesting winter veg

[Karen]

Hello Charles,

Your diary book just arrived and love it! Makes for easy reference when to do what etc. Just read your newsletter too… looks like your new book is literally flying off the shelves… 700 books! Wow! Glad that it´s doing really well.

Have included a pic of the parsnip sitting on the wheelbarrow… Now.. the big question is knowing what to do with them!

Also, you might be interested to look into the following plants (which I dearly miss eating) that I am planning to grow next year

1) jicama (commonly used in a n Asian salad called rojak)
2) water spinach (excellent in stir fries with sambal chili)
3) winter melon (great in soups with pork ribs)
4) bitter gourd (stir fried and somewhat of an acquired taste due to it´s bitterness)
5) Asian long beans (also great as stir fry with sambal chili)

p/s: am glad too that you like the Saragossa lettuce variety, definitely my fav too, firm, crunchy and easy to pick as well.