Specialty Gardening: Allotment tales 2009, 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Hi Candee, I was thinking of the store bought Brocolli, and I was actually a bit generous with my measurements! It was more like 15mm! I cut off the tops of about 6 of them, as it looked as though they might go to flower. Hopefully i will still get some more brocolli shoots from the leaf axis. I am making my soup right now, and it smells delicious., I put in some chillis (seeds removed) and a couple of leeks. The only things I've added that i didn't grow myself, is celery and peppercorns.
Dianne, the ginger grows here quite easily, but usually dies down for winter. There are still green shoots (old ones) so it obviously hasn't been as cold as in previous years. I have some galangal ginger grown from seed, and I think it is used in the same way for asian dishes? I love Thai food, and add coriander and kaffir lime leaves to most stir fries. Yummmm!
Sue