Fifteen "Forgotten" Medieval Vegetables.

I used to fish that beach in the winter Daniel, it gets South Westerly gales where the waves crash over the entire road yet the Leeks survive the salt and the wind

 

Found these today, Lamb's Lettuce, Valeriana locusta.



It's self seeded from some I grew in a pot here a few winters ago. It's an old crop that you can pick as a salad leaf in the winter. Small but tasty Before it flowers it forms small clumps like a very small lettuce.

 

Having found this thread to be really interesting and worthwhile, I decided to do a bit of research, and 'discovered' a few heritage seeds from a company here in the UK.
Among the seeds that I have sent for were the Manglewurzels. This one is yellow eckendorf. The other one is mammoth red.
There were a fair few other seeds in the order too..... it is quite usual for me to get carried away when it comes to ordering seeds and similar

 

That's a strange root !! What does it taste like? It reminds me of a huge beating heart, only veg !!

 

It's part Beetroot, part Sugar Beet and part washing machine as far as we can make out I used to get something like that from off the farm carts when I lived in the West Country but not that big

 

It can stay in the ground for a long time as you use the greenery on top. Not so earthy as beetroot and quite good roasted as well as boiled. A good bet I thought as a survival vegetable - as pumpkin can be!! Worth a try.

 

I grew a Beetroot some years ago by starting it off in January on a hot bed. Time it got to August and the vegetable show the judges didn't know what to make of it...



That one Beetroot filled an entire sweet jar when I pickled it

 

We got the seeds today Says to sow direct at this time of year but the weather has been so pants I sowed in modules for planting out later.

Tetters bought loads of seeds from this lady, came with a lovely card in the parcel.



We're not affiliated with this lady but you can check out the seeds on her website

 

Also found a Fat Hen plant growing on the hardstanding this morning, the seed must have come in with the lorry load of road planings as I've not seen any others growing here.



This was a Medieval spinach plant, I've eaten a lot of it, it's very nice but it can prevent the uptake of calcium so best eat it sparingly or all your teeth might fall out like mine have

 

I googled that she grows veg and the daughter, I am sure I've seen her on Gardeners World !!

 

Nice one Annie

We can't watch GW over here as it costs too much money to have a TV licence

 

OMG!! We pay for cable if we want it but I have a ROKU TV which has tons of free channels but, I do pay $10. a month for Brit Box so I can watch British Comedy.

 

Those are colorful.

 

I watch Brit Box for mysteries and detective series.

 

Do you watch Gardener's World" as well?
.It's very interesting.