To me, sorrel tastes like a tangier, more lemony, more delicate version of baby spinach and is really good in an omelette with a little chevre or cream cheese.
I also harvested some beets, dinosaur kale, swiss chard, and more cartoon carrots. And although I harvested virtually all my lettuces before our recent hard freezes, the leaf lettuces I covered managed just fine.
That flat leaf parsley plant with the leaf lettuces is at least two feet by two feet. No complaints here!
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The veggies look great! What time's dinner?
They may not be Texas sized but home grown vegs of any size are a great treat. Sorrel, sounds like it might be an interesting leaf to try.
Those carrots are so gorgeous - they deserve to be painted (then eaten!).
Maybe I'll have similar luck with some chervil seed I sowed. Nothing came of it but I'll go outside and speak loudly of some sorrel I heard about that made a late appearance and see what happens then.....
SomeLikeItHot--Thanks! Roasted, the carrots were particularly sweet.
Lancashire rose--I grew sorrel last year and found it to be not at all fussy. The first time I tried eating it was in a recipe called "Englishman's Omelette"!
TexasDeb--Thank goodness I took pictures: I think painting them is a great idea. I love your chervil-encouraging idea, too! Let me know if it works.
Wow, look at that! They are all so pretty. I keep meaning to plant sorrel. Will add to my list. And I will try carrots again. . .I've never had your luck but they sure are yummy-looking.
Linda--Thanks! I've planted sorrel in the past, and it was fairly carefree and hardy. I haven't had allot of trouble with carrots either, but I am terrible about "properly" thinning them!
Hi Iris, thanks to your pictures, I'm thinking where I can try carrots and sorrel next winter. They look too good to miss. I had sorrel in Florida. Great in salads but I really loved it as a hurricane survivor.
Kathleen Scott--Oh I'm glad my funky carrots have inspired you! I've found sorrel to be hardy, too.
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