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    Turnip (Arcoat)

    I ate these three tonight, other than rhubarb & radishes, my first harvest this year:



    Two months from sowing to eating. And they were ace.
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    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

  • #2
    We had our first turnips this week too and thoroughly agree they were delish. The chickens had the leaves and seemed to agree.

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    • #3
      They look great!

      Try some raw grated on a salad, when they're small - they do have a bit of a bite

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      • #4
        Yum, those turnips look great MrBE!
        Literally two days ago I had a mad urge to get some turnip seeds to try my luck (when looking at the 50% off thompson and morgan seeds). As before the other day, for some reason I had it in my mind that turnips took ages to grow!
        Thanks for sharing your lovely photo

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        • #5
          Originally posted by bronwen View Post
          As before the other day, for some reason I had it in my mind that turnips took ages to grow!
          I have learned that there are two types of turnip. Summer (like these), and winter, which are the yellow-fleshed ones. They do take much longer to grow. I sowed some Golden Ball at the same time as these, which are just approaching marble sized.
          Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
          By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
          While better men than we go out and start their working lives
          At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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          • #6
            Originally posted by chrismarks View Post
            They look great!

            Try some raw grated on a salad, when they're small - they do have a bit of a bite
            I was munching on raw bits while I was cooking. When I've grown these before, I've left them too long, waiting for them to get quite big. I think that was a mistake. I didn't need to peel these, and they were sweet, crisp and white. Left for longer they get a bit tougher, and it also gives pests more chance to nibble them. So lots of small ones is better than big ones.
            Last edited by mrbadexample; 05-06-2011, 09:56 AM.
            Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
            By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
            While better men than we go out and start their working lives
            At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mrbadexample View Post
              I have learned that there are two types of turnip. Summer (like these), and winter, which are the yellow-fleshed ones. They do take much longer to grow. I sowed some Golden Ball at the same time as these, which are just approaching marble sized.
              The winter ones are swede and do take a lot longer but are quite hardy and I was still eating the ones I sowed last May this April as they stood nicely in the ground. I like turnips but don't grow many as there are so many other veggies over the summer but it is nice how quick they mature.

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Alison View Post
                The winter ones are swede
                Not necessarily. The Golden Ball turnips aren't swede; they are winter turnips. I can grow the turnips, but struggle with swede, which I don't really understand!
                Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                • #9
                  I can grow the turnips, but struggle with swede, which I don't really understand!
                  Ah, it all becomes clear. You don't understand Swedish ! (Which wouldn't be surprising, it is full of phonemes that English does not have, so you literally don't "hear" bits of it unless exposed at an early age.)

                  Personally, I don't like swedes, I only like turnips, just because of all the childhood associations with making neep lanterns for Halloween, turnip soup on cold winter days, neep brose as a treat...I'm amazed to find that this year I have neglected to buy any seed. I did really like the ones I grew last year, but they had a lot of pest damage, I didn't have proper netting.
                  There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.

                  Head-hunted member of the Nutter's Club - can I get my cranium back please ?

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