tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post9090229721963455782..comments2024-02-25T11:58:24.094-08:00Comments on Mal's Edinburgh Allotment: Lazing on a Rainy AfternoonMalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-49878869653428375142014-08-27T12:49:27.021-07:002014-08-27T12:49:27.021-07:00Looks great I'd like to try melon growing one ...Looks great I'd like to try melon growing one year.Damohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246785681436164540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-71879215456077027142014-08-17T13:52:50.187-07:002014-08-17T13:52:50.187-07:00Hi Kelli, with an unfamiliar crop it can be a prob...Hi Kelli, with an unfamiliar crop it can be a problem figuring out what to do with them, but nowadays we have the internet!Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-33748696411160432222014-08-15T01:23:04.538-07:002014-08-15T01:23:04.538-07:00The melens look fab. Looks like you have loads of ...The melens look fab. Looks like you have loads of good eating ahead of you.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-63396853886822371292014-08-11T15:31:11.912-07:002014-08-11T15:31:11.912-07:00Yes Tany, I've finally admitted defeat on the ...Yes Tany, I've finally admitted defeat on the celeriac front. I haven't tried bees either. Sounds like quite a commitment. <br /><br />On the plus side I am growing two sorts of squash for the first time. I've only grown courgettes before, and marrows (when they got out of hand). Scorzonera is a root crop favoured on the continent but virtually unknown here - rather like courgettes used to be. If you want to try it you have to grow it - or travel to a French market. I will be posting on progress but like our parsnips they require a long growing season so don't hold your breath.Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-6640150206253625922014-08-11T07:25:22.940-07:002014-08-11T07:25:22.940-07:00It all looks so well this year...wish the same cou...It all looks so well this year...wish the same could be said for mine. I was so far behind and I am lacking in things i have never lacked on in the past. I will get some harvest though but nothing like i am used to. Oh well...it can only get better next year. By the way ...what is scorzonera? I have never heard of it. Oh and I didn't hear any mention of celeriac this year..not growing it Mal??Tanya.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08436595615435609755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-74344215533626373612014-08-10T12:35:14.457-07:002014-08-10T12:35:14.457-07:00I have grown and eaten salsify before. My abiding ...I have grown and eaten salsify before. My abiding memory is that it tasted like mashed up sweetcorn. It didn't go down very well with the children. Now that we are no longer catering for them I am trying scorzonera which is reputedly similar but more spindly and with a black skin, adding to the preparation challenge. I like some novelty and a challenge - and I've given up trying to grow celeriac!<br /><br />The storm seems to have dissipated before crossing the Scottish Border, but we have had rain all day! Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-27617722176280115942014-08-10T12:27:04.144-07:002014-08-10T12:27:04.144-07:00Sorry to hear about the spuds Martyn.
Melon?... ...Sorry to hear about the spuds Martyn. <br /><br />Melon?... pumpkin, gourd, marrow, squash - it's a Cucurbita. <br /><br />It seems it's origins are high up on some wet Andean mountainside so growing under glass is not necessary, although the plants will not survive a frost.Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-2041053338016493662014-08-10T12:11:36.388-07:002014-08-10T12:11:36.388-07:00I will post further as they mature and promise to ...I will post further as they mature and promise to include the cross sectional view. While I've yet to taste one the flavour of the ripe fruit is reported to be a cross between a melon and a cucumber. Sounds good doesn't it? Another thing I know is that the seeds should be black. Also the flesh tends to be stringy - like vermicelli - and when cooked has a peculiar texture which is similar to that obtained from boilings sharks fins (hence the daft name). Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-7345525876705445202014-08-10T11:11:00.816-07:002014-08-10T11:11:00.816-07:00It's very interesting to see someone growing S...It's very interesting to see someone growing Scorzonera. It's not something you see very frequently. Have you eaten it before? I mean, do you know what to expect? I have eaten Salsify, which might perhaps be similar...<br />I hope the storm hasn't done any damage to your lovely plot!Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-5108391092185862402014-08-10T08:36:24.187-07:002014-08-10T08:36:24.187-07:00Those brassicas are looking good Mal. Our rhubarb ...Those brassicas are looking good Mal. Our rhubarb is just starting to come again after totally giving up in the hot dry weather of July. Our maincrop potatoes look the same as your earlies so I'm not too hopeful of an enormous crop. <br /><br />Is that Sharks Fin Melon a proper melon melon? Beechgrove Garden looked to be struggling a little with their indoor and hotbed melons. You might have to show them how it's done.Martynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245774393957298668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-10060957667529841322014-08-10T08:35:10.792-07:002014-08-10T08:35:10.792-07:00Looking good. I hope you take a photo of inside th...Looking good. I hope you take a photo of inside the shark's fin melon when you cut it open and tell us what it tastes like.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com