Leeks

A very long time ago I promised a fellow Dooyooer I would write about leeks! This followed my smash review on Turnips. Don?t laugh that was about the first crown I ever got! And in the absence of anything else to write about??. I?m just joking! I?ve gone on this healthy eating lark and decided to expand my intake of vegetables past plain old peas and sweet corn. Thing is, I really don?t know what do with a leek, every time I?ve had them they?ve been put with potato?s in a pie or covered in a cheese sauce, not exactly the healthiest of options. I go therefore, on an intrepid journey to find better and different things to do with a leek! Firstly ...  Read the complete review

Organic Leeks ----------------- Organic Leeks are a fabulous winter vegetable, reliable and nutritious when other vegetables are scare. Even better, they are easy to grow, through they must be planted early in the year for a crop the following winter. +++ How to Grow Organic Leeks +++ Leeks in snow Sow: In a seedbed outside in March or April if the weather remains very cold. Planting out: When the seedlings are sturdy enough to handle, about pencil thickness, plant them out in rows 30cm (12in) apart with 15cm (6in) between plants in the rows. 1. Make holes, around 15cm (6in) deep, with a dibber. 2. ...  Read the complete review

As far as irrational fears and phobias go, my morbid and very deep rooted loathing of all things rootlike (i.e. VEG, but I shudder to use the word, it reminds me of middle class women crowding into packed market stalls and rushing away branding a foul smelling cauliflower, so I will refrain from the word, if you have no objection) is a pretty weird one... I don't know what it was, I was going along at about six or seven minding my own business, enjoying getting my gold stars for coming top in a spelling test, when the thorny question of school dinners reared its oh so ugly head above the parapet and wound its spiteful fingers into my happy little life. ...  Read the complete review

The lovely leek. Went to my dads yesterday and looking round his green house I spotted his leeks just tiny waiting to grow some before planting I have some leek seeds at home so thought I ought to sew them else it will be to late in the season. I shall sow them in potting compost in trays in the greenhouse and then when they are big enough to handle plant them in the garden to make those lovely long white oniony stems I have saved some toilet rolls I shall put these over the stems to blanch the stems cuts out the light. I shall earth up around the tube. These leeks take a long time to grow and mature I will not be eating them till September October ...  Read the complete review