Beetroot relish

• 750g of beetroot, peeled, grated.
• 500g of golden delicious apples, peeled cored and chopped
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 4 tbs of grated, fresh horseradish
• 750ml of malt vinegar
• 500g of light brown sugar
• 200g of raisins

Put everything into a preserving pan and stand for 2-3 hours.

Place over a low heat and simmer for about 2 hours or until it becomes thick.

Place into sterile jars and seal.

Note: if horseradish proves hard to find it may be replaced with fresh ginger.

Recipe from couriermail.com.au

I'll have heaps of Beetroot soon so I'll be trying this one.

Gillian Hirst's suggestions on using beetroot

Gillian Hirst

September 02, 2008 12:00am

BEETROOT cultivation dates back to the Middle Ages in Germany, and grew wild near the shores of the Mediterranean and Atlantic in Europe.

The wild seaside plant had only a thin long root and was collected and eaten for its stem and leaves rather than the root which is worth a thought before you throw out the tops.

The root was considered only fit for animal consumption, or as a fallback if times were bad and you had no choice. It wasn't until the 1700s that beetroot became more widely accepted and its popularity increased.
Read full article at the couriermail.com.au

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This is my Globe Artichoke. The photo doesn't do it justice, it is looking fabulous at the moment.














These are two of the four Globe Artichoke I divided earlier on in August. They are growing well ATM. Can you see them there hiding in the shade?
















This is my Comfrey which doesn't like winter at all, but is now putting out new growth which
i'll be harvesting as soon as I can.













These are my Beetroot. Planted about 6 wks ago. They'll need mulching in the next week of two and I also want to get some boron on them as soon as I buy some. Beetroot love Boron, as quoted from Peter Cundell.
I'll also need to plant up a follow up row of Beetroot this week.

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Hi all, how you going today.
I'm just fluffin' around doing a bit of weeding, mulching and watering while I'm waiting for the predicted rain to come.

TOOWOOMBA
Mostly fine, just a possible shower. Moderate E winds.
MAX    18
UV Alert - 9:10 am to 2:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High]
Outlook for Thursday   ... Rain developing. Possible thunderstorm. Moderate
falls possible

I've got a 10kg bag of blood and bone ready to go just in case the BoM have it half right.

I usually wait for rain to come to add fertilizer to the garden like
this because it would use to much water from my tank and possibly
leave me short when need most. Also trying to do such a large area
with 9ltr. watering cans would take forever.

So much to do so little time.

I'm feeling overwhelmed at the moment so I need to look at getting myself underwhelmed.
1st off the weather has let me down with little (.04mm) rain falling, but some still being predicted for mind week.
Spring being spring there is lots of soil prep, weeding, watering, mulching and planting to do, plus I'm trying to clean up other areas of the garden that I have let fall into neglect.
I collected seed from a Passionfruit I bought a few days ago so they will need to be planted.



Seedlings of Lettuce (iceberg, see the cute little fella an the left) and Cabbage (sugarloaf) have been planted.
I divided two Globe Artichokes into four a month ago and they are going well.
My Rhubarb is starting to form leaf. I can taste Apple and Rhubarb pie already.
What else is there. Arr yes, turning soil/preparing small area for sweet corn which I'll plant from seed in about three weeks. The second sowing will go in where my Broad beans are at the moment.




Earlier sowing of lettuce.

I'm also going to try growing climbing beans in with the corn this year so I'm looking forward to trying that.
Rocket, spring onions and spinach I planted direct by seed 3/4 weeks ago are growing well as is the beetroot which will need follow up plantings some time this week.

Harvesting
I gave seven lettuce to my wife to take to work (Myre) with her and they were all gone within a matter minutes.







Spring onions, spinach, garlic chives and Cauliflower I picked will make it to dinner tonight.












Here are some Cabbage seedlings planted about 4wks apart as part of my continuous cropping plan. The two on the left I planted today, the tow in the middle I will plant in 2/3 wks and I'll need to plant 2 more seeds to keep the whole thing rolling.
I find it really hard to plant just two of things. I'd rather plant a hundred and have a good old go. Maybe I have a repressed farmer inside me somewhere.



Here are some about seven weeks old.

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