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Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014

By Mwillis
Only a small contribution to Harvest Monday from me this week, but an interesting one because it is the first time I have harvested Wild Garlic (other than one or two leaves used as a garnish).
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014
I have read about Wild Garlic pesto a lot, and most people seem to think it is nice, so that's what I did with my harvest. I "zuzzed" it in a food-processor, along with pine-nuts, Parmesan cheese and olive oil, producing this beautiful bowl of pesto:
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014
It was powerful! You wouldn't want huge quantities of it (unless you were prepared to have smelly breath for the next couple of days!).
This week I have also picked a bit more Purple Sprouting Broccoli:
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014
The broccoli has not been very prolific this year, and although I had plants of three different varieties, supposedly flowering at different times, they all came on at once. It's tempting to say "Oh, forget it; I'll grow something else instead", but I know that every year is different and you can't expect perfect crops every time. I have been growing PSB for many years now, and I'm not going to stop just because of one poor crop.
I have cut another few spears of Asparagus. Not enough though!
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014
The final harvest I have to report is this endive - it is the one I wrote about blanching, the other day. The blanching process only took 7 days this time.
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014
Harvest Monday - 14th April 2014


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