Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a Hampshire garden. I've been growing veggies since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Some traditional varieties and old favourites as well as new ideas. I share my garden with my allotment assistant Daisy the Labrador. On Twitter as @MatronsVeggies
This is the first year I have grown Bulgarian Giant Leeks. From seed sown early in Spring these leeks are certainly different! The stems are mostly more than 12" long and the leaves, when stretched up (to get a kitchen roll over them) are 5ft tall.
Ordinary loo rolls weren't nearly long enough this year, so kitchen roll tubes were needed.
A couple even needed the roll from the turkey foil! These are still growing - watch this space!
posted by Matron @ 9:05 PM
I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com
12 Comments:
Look at those monsters ! They'll probably bust those rolls open. lol.
I lost mine to leek moth. Will be watching yours enviously. Lovely !
Well they make the garden amusing :-) Should make for some really nice leeks too. I planted a crop of leeks early summer but I am not sure if they will produce anything worth harvesting this fall. Maybe if we have a nice winter they will be ready for spring.
Wow they look great!!! How long do you keep the rolls on to blanch them? I forgot to do it to my leeks this year and they were worse for it.
Wow! Those look great. I love leeks in soups.
I do love leeks. I've never seen any that big though - they are like trees!
Whoa! Those really are giants! I love leeks but know only limited ways to prepare them. How do you use them? (I have *lots* waiting to be made into delicious dishes.)
Those ARE giants...
This is the first year in forever that I have NOT grown leeks. I am wishing I had some in the garden going into winter. Oh well. Yours are indeed monster plants! I have never seen such a tall variety before.
they look fab, lots of leek moth on our plot so I was thankful I hadn't grown any. Don't think I could bear the heartache of losing any more crops!
Those leeks look delicious. Wish I had some in a soup right now.~~Dee
Those ARE giants! I'm surprise you don't have to stake them in order to keep them from bending over. You'll have to tell us how they taste. Hopefully they have a giant flavor as well!
You seem rather knowlegeable on the correct sheathing on long leeks , Matron
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