Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
It is still a bit too cold and damp to put in parsnips and carrots etc but I did sow some Early Purple Sprouting broccoli in a seed bed and another row of broad beans. I weeded the garlic again, the asparagus is coming through and hopefully we will soon be able to eat the first spears. This year we should get a good harvest as the plants are well established. The spears look much fatter than last year so the mulching has helped through the winter. We also have French sorrel coming through and the first of the rhubarb is almost ready. The visiting Slow Food foragers thought it very odd that I had a bucket over my rhubarb. But I just love those pale pink tender stems that come from forced rhubarb. The colour is so pretty and the thin stems can be chopped and baked in muffins - they don't produce as much liquid as the thick green stems.
The soft fruit bushes are looking really good this spring. I hope the wind calms down when the flowers bloom, so that our "workers" are able to do their job. The bees hate a strong wind.
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