Beetroot

We've had a largely uneventful weekend, doing bits and pieces around the house and garden (workshop sorting; splitting and stacking wood; housework), with one highlight: lifting the beetroot.

In a year of mediocre crops, and difficult growing conditions, the beetroot have excelled. We planted out a couple of hundred seedlings, Boltardy and Cylindra, and they've done really well. The largest are about the size of a cricket ball (Boltardy), or 20cm long and 5cm across (Cylindra). We had some for dinner, along with our first parsnip (having had one or two frosts), and they taste really good, too. Fortunately, despite their size, they're not woody, either.

Good to have at least one success story!