I ceremoniously cut open my huge butternut squash at the weekend. It's difficult to guage the scale from the photo but the cafetiere in the background should give an idea. And when I tell you that half of it made a curry and a large pan of soup, while the other half went into the freezer, perhaps you may understand why I am shamelessly bragging about it. While we are on the subject, perhaps you could indulge me in blowing my own trumpet for a bit longer, as I share my pride in my very first ever parsnip...
I know many of you will have seen, and grown much bigger ones than this, but I'm sure you will agree that it is perfectly formed?
But don't worry because I have been brought back down to earth with these exceptionally pitiful celeriac specimens.
I have never yet managed to grow a celeriac bigger than a tennis ball, maybe now is the time to admit defeat. Perhaps I should stick to parsnips from now on instead. Only problem is, nobody in my family really likes parsnips... but then again they're not mad on celeriac either....
4 comments:
Oh er that's a big one! I have grown the odd parsnip bigger (in 3 years mind) but you take the butternut squash crown by a long way, superb specimen!
Phew, wot a wopper. And the parsnip, perfectly formed as you say!
(I'm going to try celeriac next year - but I'll wait for the greenhouse before trying butternut squash)
Why thank you! *blush* Good luck with the celeriac Mal
I love parsnips, and my daughter would eat them by the plateful if I let her. I've never grown one that straight though, what a fab specimen, and that butternut squash, wow.
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