First things from the vegetable garden July 12
We've recently been harvesting the first vegetables from our vegetable garden. The potatoes have gone a bit mad in the recent mixed sunny and wet weather and are a lot bigger than just a couple of weeks ago.
We dug up one of our second early plants yesterday evening to make a potato gratin and a spanish omelette - here is what we found :)
These were very tasty and more than enough for what we needed them for. I've been told to grow Pink Fir Apple next year which are apparently even tastier.
The beetroot has also started growing well recently so we've pulled a few up already to make pickled beetroot. Following a simple recipe we boiled the beetroot until soft before skinning them and slicing them, after which we poured over boiling vinegar that had been infused with peppercorns, coriander seed, bay leaf and cloves.
Here is final result next to another vegetable thats doing well, a big radish from the garden.
We'll leave it for a few weeks to mature then it's beetroot and cheese sandwiches galore.