free gift with every plant!
Leeks are one of the most versatile members of the onion family. Sweet and tender, they are one of the easiest plants to grow.
I've inset into the photo a mature leek and its little free gift. Many leeks have these examples of vegetative reproduction growing as offsets. I lifted lots of leeks today to prepare the ground for potatoes and so dibbered the offsets into holes and watered them in, in the traditional way with leeks.
It will be several weeks before we have this years baby leeks sown from seed ready for planting out. So, the offsets are a real bonus and may bring an unplanned harvest in. It will be interesting to see if I really do get a free extra crop.
2 comments:
I'm sad because I dug up my last two leeks yesterday :-( I do however, have a little patch of baby leeks to look forward to. I just had a load of seedlings left last Summer, so planted them in a row closer together. Much needed addition to the hungry gap!
Wow. I just found your site by way of Susan Harris' blog. I don't know how I've missed it!! Thank you for leaving the comments on the Roundup post. We just had a terrible run-in with pesticides, and I agree wholeheartedly that there is no reason to use it.
I now have you in my feeds, and I look forward to reading more!
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