[deepinthewoods]

 what are you still eating from the veg plot?

with some shelter and variety management im eating leeks, kale, perp spinach and chard, i have brussel sprout leaves and savoys, and a few leaves left on some raggedy herbs.

i appreciate that i benefit from a milder climate, anyone else still eating fresh greens??

[YorkshireLass]

Just some rosemary, and before the snow a few scraps of rogue rocket. There is chard and leaf beet but it's looking  bit deflated now!

[MAK]

Sprouts, parsnips, calabrese and leeks from the garden ( when we can brave the bouts of snow) and we have swedes,carrots and spuds in the cellar. Onions, garlic and shallots are hanging next door in the barn - good for them but a pain when the indoor stock runs out (it is always at night and  ).

Do you think that frozen store veg is not as good for you as fresh picked stuff. Funny - we never talk of fresh spuds or onions

[Fleecewife]

It was such a disastrous year for us for several reasons that all we have still growing outside is a row of very hardy leeks, which I will give another month or so before we start on them.
 
Usually we have lots of leafy brassicas at this time of year and I am really missing them. When I realised what a disaster the outdoor ones are, I planted up some left-overs which were still in their pots, into the polytunnel.  They are looking healthy but still too small to eat - sprouting broccoli and kale, both my favourites.  They should come into their own in about April when they start to grow shoots.
 I always struggle with parsnips as the ground is too wet early on, or covered with snow, to prepare it for sowing early enough to get a crop.  I store lots of veg - dried garlic and shallots, onions too some years, beans and peas in the freezer.  Usually we also have stored beetroot but I didn't grow any last year.  We didn't store any potatoes as we lost several varieties in the summer wet, and the rest we ate before the cold weather arrived.

[the great composto]

We are living off the stores for broad beans/runner beans / carrots etc - still have spuds and onions but dont forget all the jams & preserves - just finished some yummy toast with blackcurrant jam.

We are still pulling cabbage but mainly to feed to the chickens.

Sooooooo  loking forward to the new year though.

[Mammyshaz]

A couple of garlic cloves still in store. Fresh leeks still outside doing ok and today the snow melted to show there are still some small broccoli heads to pick. Haven't looked at the parsnips or carrots in the ground as theynwere so small at Christmas thought theynmay need to wait till spring

[Rosemary]

Sprouts, leeks, kale, parsnips; carrots from store.

The parsnips and the sprouts are th best we've ever grown - not big but so sweet and tasty.