{"id":406,"date":"2011-07-24T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2015-07-19T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T13:49:20","slug":"trying-something-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/trying-something-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Something Different in the Vegetable Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s good to grow something different.<\/p>\n
You can see how plants grow and experience new flavours.<\/p>\n
Whether it’s an unusual vegetable or just another variety we always try to add to the list of tried and tested here in the Greenside Up garden. This year we’re trying a few new ones, starting with a yet unnamed variety of squash.<\/p>\n
We saved the seeds from a squash that was bought from a local farm gate last autumn. Searching through the seed catalogues has us thinking that they might be of the ‘Blue Ballet’ variety but until the plants mature we’ll \u00a0just have to wait and see (and if they were F1 seeds they’re unlikely to develop true to type anyway).<\/i> The two plants sown are romping away in the tunnel, so much so that I cleared away the Phacelia this morning that I’d sown in front of them to attract the pollinating bees in.<\/p>\n
Next up is Florence Fennel. This is the bulb plant and not the wispy herb. It was touch and go whether any would survive as the tiny seedlings resembled the weeds growing close by and many were inadvertently pulled up. A few have survived however, and we’re looking forward to cooking the aniseed flavoured veg when it matures.<\/p>\n