What’s in season?

January 2008
Jerusalem artichokes, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac,
curly kale, endive, garlic, leeks, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, main crop potatoes, salsify and shallots.

February 2008
Jerusalem artichokes, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, chicory, kohl rabi, leeks, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, main crop potatoes, purples prouting broccoli, spring greens, swede and turnip.

Sowing Now
If you have a heated propagator you can sow tomatoes, peppers and chillies in
January - excitement indeed! Something to look forward to when it’s cold outside and hard to imagine anything growing at all. Lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, radish, spinach, salad onions and turnips can all be germinated in pots on the window sill and grown on in a greenhouse or conservatory. The
seedlings can then be planted out in February for earlier crops.

And how about a seasonal recipe to round things off?

Celeriac Soup
Ingredients
1 1/2 lb of celeriac, peeled and chopped
1 cooking apple, cored and chopped
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 tsp of mustard
1 vegetable stock cube
1 pint of milk/soya milk
1 pint of water
2 tbsp of rapeseed oil
Salt and pepper

Method
Gently fry the celeriac, apple, onion, mustard, stock cube and seasoning in the oil for 5 minutes. Cover the pan, turn the heat right down and allow to cook completely in own juices until the celeriac is tender. Add the water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, liquidise, add the milk and return to a low heat until warmed through. Serve with thick, crusty bread.

Celeriac freshly pulled from Brenda’s and Lynne’s plot in Levenshulme. Although it has a long growing season, celeriac seems to be fairly trouble free and easy to grow. It is absolutely delicious, despite its gnarled appearance. Good mashed and roasted, try some while it’s still in season.

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