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Parsnips
"sahara" wrote I am not sure when you are supposed to do all this though?
March? I guess it is a bit too early in the year right now? My late father grew wonderful parsnips, every year. He used to sow them in early February (frost permitting and without any special preparation of the seed) and he gardened 800' up in the Durham Pennines. I've sown them at the same time, here in SE England, using seeds set in paper tape, and have had the same consistently good results. Another piece of received wisdom (from my Grandfather this time) was that parsnips should never be lifted until they'd had a good hard frost on them. He said they didn't taste as good before that. With the climate we have now, waiting for that "decent frost" might be a problem for some! - Tom Bennett |
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