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Harvest Monday – 11 April 2015

Monday, May 11, 2015 7:03
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This week I harvested the last of my PSB. It was just a handful of the small secondary spears, but welcome nonetheless:

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These spears went into a risotto. I chopped the stems into 1-inch sections and kept the flowers separate. I boiled the stems until tender (about 3 minutes) and briefly added the flower parts, before draining them. I then stirred the broccoli into the risotto right at the last minute, so that it did not cook any more and thus retained its texture.

I have harvested two batches of Asparagus this week, though each was only small.

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The amount of Asparagus I grow is frustratingly small. I feel I can only devote one of my raised beds to this crop, and it will only accommodate a few plants. However, the quality of the product is really good, so it is still worth growing this vegetable. Fresh home-grown Asparagus is just so much tastier than shop-bought stuff, which has probably been picked several days before you buy it.

Yesterday I picked the first Radishes of the year – a much-anticipated event!

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We ate them in our usual way – as a pre-dinner nibble, with salt to dip them in. Bootiful!

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Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2015/05/harvest-monday-11-april-2015.html

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