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Sat, Apr 8, 06 at 22:23
| Picked the first of the autumn underground babies today - some baby carrots for salad and stews, gold and white beets for roasting and the tops for steaming.
The colour of the gold beets is very accurate - looking forward to seeing how they cook. |
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| Hi CG Must say those are some interesting vegies you have there. Please enlighten me I have no idea what these beets are. Are they only for growing down south, honestly I don't think I have ever seen them. In any shops or supermarkets up this way, and you steam the tops as well. What do they taste like, spinach , pac choi, silver beet I would love to know.. Great Pics of those vegies too.....Cheers...MM. |
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- Posted by cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Sun, Apr 9, 06 at 3:31
| This is the first time I've grown white and gold beetroot, normally I just do the red ones, but I like to roast veg and red ones stain the other food. I've never seen them in shops either. I came across these when I was getting some seeds from Eden seeds and thought I'd give them a try. I have no idea how they taste but from the look of them, should be good because he leaves are quite tender. I will put the other half of the seeds in in a couple of weeks and get a longer season. The beets are in the oven right now along with some Cosmic spuds, hubbard squash, onions, zucchini, jalepeno chillies, carrots and bought sweet potato ;-( I've always used beetroot leaves as a green. They have great anti-oxident properties. I'd expect it to be a bit like silver beet but not so 'strong' in flavor. The stems are not as thick as silver beet. I'll try making a 'spinach' quiche tomorrow out of the gold leaves. I don;t see why they wouldn't grow in Brissie. They haven't had any different treatment than ordinary beetroot. They have been in for 6 weeks and I'm just thinning them, but according to the growing instructions they maintain their tenderness even when really big. Got a progress report on Carousel if you'd like a squizz and I've been looking at those camera options. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Work in progress.
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| The gold and white beetroots taste like red ones, but they don't 'bleed'! Carousell looking good. |
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- Posted by cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Sun, Apr 9, 06 at 5:14
| Just had them - yes, they taste a lot like red, but I think not quite as 'earthy'- the gold had a honey-like flavour. I will certainly grow more. |
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| Carousel coming along great CG, everything looking good. Is it a full time project or just when the Guys and Gals have spare time. I see a lot of laminated beams there so plenty of open rooms. Have you started on the gardens yet or do you have to wait till the building is finished. Thanks for the look, Just researching camera's will keep you busy for a while .....Cheers..MM. |
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| Fantastic looking beets and carrots CG. Is it too late to try and put some more in here in Hobart. I would like to grow some of the yellow beets. I have the seed but totally forgot to put some in. Helen |
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- Posted by cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Sun, Apr 9, 06 at 18:54
| Hi Misty, it's a full time project in that we have to do a lot of the work to save on costs because our daughter has no idea of managing finances and simply believes in magic wands to provide whatever she imagines - she has an inborn tendency to skip from concept to reality without knowing the steps in between. Unfortunately she breezed ahead and got financially committed, mortgaged her house and took out a big loan before she realised she is out of her depth. So we have had to step in. We are to open soon but have most of the major stuff like carpark, bathrooms, fencing etc to do. The building itself is shonky so we are having to do a lot of renovation that otherwise might not be needed. Like laminated beams that hang in space unsupported! I've got some ideas for the gardens but won't start on them until spring. There's 5 acres of grass. Might put in a cricket pitch! Too much still to do with the building for our old bones. Helen, it might be getting a bit late for carrots but you could give them a try, why not? A fast growing variety would be best. I've found beets will grow most of the year, so certainly give them a go. If you plant Tuesday through to Thursday you'll get optimum cosmic benefit, with a gibbous moon in an earth constellation. Otherwise just when you can! |
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| Linda, I like your practical approach to 'cosmic' gardening, namely "If you plant Tuesday through to Thursday you'll get optimum cosmic benefit, with a gibbous moon in an earth constellation. Otherwise just when you can!" |
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| Thanks Linda for the moon planting advice. I try to plant by the moon as much as possible, which means I need another moon chart :-) Helen |
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- Posted by cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Mon, Apr 10, 06 at 18:55
| Yes, I've always been known as a down to earth astrologer! The Universe has so many variables. Applied to gardening, there has to be a rhythm but not rules. Helen, try Brian Keats Antipodean Calendar; it uses the Sidereal zodiac, whereas Thomas Zimmer, Richard Stirling and most others use the Tropical. There is a difference of about a day between the two. Brian practises biodynamics so there is a lot of extra information in the calendar, which you don't have to read, but he does give times corerectly and any lunar phenomenon like eclipses etc. He chucks in a bit of basic astronomy for padding but it is the best around. When I get a life I might do my own beyong the blog. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Antipodean Biodynamic Moon Calendar
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| Linda, how easy is it to use that calendar? I remember you talking about it a little while ago and giving the link to it but couldn't find it so thanks for putting it again. If it's suitable for the VERY beginner I might just order it. Thanks |
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- Posted by cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Tue, Apr 11, 06 at 1:58
| I fine it easy but it is full of astronomical information that I have studied,so it would come easy. However, you can just use the monthly calendar which shows the date and either a leaf, a fruit, a carrot or flower to indicate the type of planting without needing to know the tech stuff. It's visual and doesn't require any other knowledge unless you want to. It shows the date and the constellations that the Moon is in - these are in glyphs and coloured according to the element ( fire air earth water) and the time the Moon changes into each constellation so you can pick your timing for working with specific plant types. You probably don't need that once you get used to the veggie symbols. There is a picture of one of the pages somewhere on his website. Ignore the cows down, cows up stuff unless you are into biodynamic cheese-making and above the calendar there is a curve illustrating the Moon path and its phases, so you know when its a full moon new moon etc. He does a few comments on current month's astronomical activity, but it is very superficial and I suspect just to pad the calendar out. But interesting just the same. I guess as an astrologer/astronomer I find it easy, but I suggest ignore what you don't understand and I'm happy to answer questions about the astronomy dynamics by emailing me off the forum or read my blog as I put stuff up fairly regularly. Eventually I will get around to creating a gardening by the moon forum on my website , but this roundabout has to stop first! |
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