One Alaskans greenhouse

[Alasgun]

Thats too bad, there are so many great “un-conventional” food items if a person is willing to un-wrinkle their nose for a minute.

 

[akroberts]

Thats too bad, there are so many great “un-conventional” food items if a person is willing to un-wrinkle their nose for a minute.

I know. I had to convince the youngest granddaughter to try Brussels Sprouts. After she did, she is now hooked on Brussels Sprouts. I'm a vegetable eater. I have a type of mallow in the yard that grows wild so after my neighbor told me what it was I am interested and intrigued to pick some and fry it up for a snack.

 

[Alasgun]

Another day or so and this batch of Lacto bacillus will be ready. Most of the 6 qts. will be added to the Hydroslate drum to aid the breakdown. This drum’s been continually active for the last 4-5 years and it’s a lot like pouring honey right now. Once more of the thick stuff has dissolved it’ll be easier to work with. The first jar was made using powdered milk as an experiment, and looks like it will be just fine!

For this sort of thing or the septic; i don't bother separating off the whey.

 

[Dahlia]

@Alasgun , I wanted to let you know that I now have a new food item to try. The information for sweet potatoes said that the leaves can be ate, just like spinach and kale.

I once ate the leaves off of a garden radish plant. They were a little fuzzy, but the taste was quite good!

 

[Alasgun]

We’ve had a couple dryer days and realizing “any day now” it can turn off unpleasant; i mounted the mower and gathered the leaves! This time of year its never about the lawn but I do hold those leaves in high regard!

So, at this point i can say next year’s bin has now been Carbon-aided

 

[heirloomgal]

We’ve had a couple dryer days and realizing “any day now” it can turn off unpleasant; i mounted the mower and gathered the leaves! This time of year its never about the lawn but I do hold those leaves in high regard!

So, at this point i can say next year’s bin has now been Carbon-aided

You don't want to put your leaves through your shredder?

 

[Alasgun]

No need, they’ll be gone by spring! In the mean time they’ll be smothered by bucket after bucket of Rabbit poop & bedding and roughly 100 2-gallon buckets on kitchen scraps.

Even these last beauties will be found in the Compost after while!

 

[Marie2020]

The strain is Red Norland and they are quite pink due to being freshly washed. Tomorrow it will be a flater red color!

The other root vegetables are ready for-their long winters nap!

About the time the Potato’s move to the cellar i’ll be hanging a couple sides of Yak from the rafters while we cut & wrap this years red meat.

I really like the red skin potatoes here. A local vegetable provider grows them I can't wait for them to become seasonal again, they are my favourite potato.

 

[Marie2020]

The strain is Red Norland and they are quite pink due to being freshly washed. Tomorrow it will be a flater red color!

The other root vegetables are ready for-their long winters nap!

About the time the Potato’s move to the cellar i’ll be hanging a couple sides of Yak from the rafters while we cut & wrap this years red meat.

I managed to get some of my favourite potatoes to root and I thought I'd failed miserable as I grew them in a large plant pot. I've had three meals out of them so far and they are delicious.

 

[Marie2020]

Well, the usual answer would be “it taste like Chicken”!

I believe Parsnips are more popular in G. Britain than here and there are numerous ways to cook them. We steam ours and eat them with a little butter. They have a somewhat sweet flavor that improves with frost. They say you can leave them in the ground thru the winter and pull them as you want. Not up here!!
As i pen this, im realizing how inadequate i am at describing how something taste simply because i have nothing to compare them to.
If you can find some locally or at a farmers market, you'd be able to see for yourself.
As you can see they are deep rooted and require fairly loose soil. Due to our short season; early on id start them inside and transplant them out. This was very time consuming and resulted in a LOT of distorted roots, which are hard to store. They take 2-3 weeks to germinate too so if you plant some, be patient.
A long germination period and a short season keep us from getting nice Parsnips. I’ve seen them at our specialty grocery that were as big around as my fist and 18 inches long.
You are in a great geographic area and i’d imagine you can grow nice ones, with a little effort.

I only enjoy parsnips in stews for some reason. A lot of people here like them roasted with their meat, usually on a Sunday making the traditional Sunday roast dinner.