Blighty, hanks I'll give that beet recipe a go. I'm trying to go back to gluten free now so probably will try and find a gluten free vinegar, white wine vinegar maybe?
Apparently the too much manure thing is a bit of a myth and there's a guy on youtube who thinks that it's not the manure per say it's the digging of the ground, or digging manure into the ground prior to planting which causes root veg like carrots and parsnip to fork. I honestly can't wait to trial the theory and find out for myself, and I don't want to pretend I know better until I've tried it myself. I've dug heavily over the years so the soil is light in rocks and stones and I'm hoping for nice long and thick carrots, so fingers crossed.
Your corn is lovely and nice beans as well, hopefully with the rains incomming now they will put a lot of weight on fast...It's been wet here last 2 days and some of the veg has doubled in size, the beets especially. You've done well with the lack of time and planning!
Done well on the blueberries, these two plants were put in last year and so far I've had a combined 2 and a half punnets of blueberries and they are still cropping. I think I may take out my redcurrants and blackcurrants and replace them with annual crops and then plant a few more blueberries in close proximity to the existing ones. Very low canopy and relatively little foliage compared to the currant bushes. The flavour is stupendous, I like how they go from light blue to dark blue once picked. A very soothing and sweet taste, much better than the ones in the shops which always seem to be very bitter. I'm glad I listened to the person in the garden centre about these because they've done very well.
Apparently the too much manure thing is a bit of a myth and there's a guy on youtube who thinks that it's not the manure per say it's the digging of the ground, or digging manure into the ground prior to planting which causes root veg like carrots and parsnip to fork. I honestly can't wait to trial the theory and find out for myself, and I don't want to pretend I know better until I've tried it myself. I've dug heavily over the years so the soil is light in rocks and stones and I'm hoping for nice long and thick carrots, so fingers crossed.
Your corn is lovely and nice beans as well, hopefully with the rains incomming now they will put a lot of weight on fast...It's been wet here last 2 days and some of the veg has doubled in size, the beets especially. You've done well with the lack of time and planning!
Done well on the blueberries, these two plants were put in last year and so far I've had a combined 2 and a half punnets of blueberries and they are still cropping. I think I may take out my redcurrants and blackcurrants and replace them with annual crops and then plant a few more blueberries in close proximity to the existing ones. Very low canopy and relatively little foliage compared to the currant bushes. The flavour is stupendous, I like how they go from light blue to dark blue once picked. A very soothing and sweet taste, much better than the ones in the shops which always seem to be very bitter. I'm glad I listened to the person in the garden centre about these because they've done very well.
Have you pickled much before? 
