This is a very short blog as support to any customers who have received a Veg Box to Grow and are having problems identifying the different plants. These pictures should help.
kohl rabi
cabbage
Rainbow Chard
mustard
beetroot
lettuce
spring onions
parsley
coriander
rocket
tomato
courgette
Unfortunately I couldn’t find a cucumber plant to photograph and they do look very similar to courgette but… the cucumber was sent out in a pot and the courgettes were a block.
The italian parsley also may get confused with the coriander but easily worked out by giving the leaves a gentle squeeze and having a good sniff. Coriander has a quite distinctive smell that’s quite different to the odour of parsley.Â
I hope this will be of use to those of you who are having problems and just to reassure you Riverford have taken on board that this is an issue and are working on finding a good solution for future boxes to grow.
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Thanks Penny that’s v helpful. Apart from courgettes and a couple of beetroot the rest of the plants are doing well. I’ve posted some photos on my blog http://www.vegboxmonologues.co.uk
wow, I wish I had space to grow those vegetables, they look nice and fresh.
Wow Linda, you seem to be very organised, and I love how you’ve set up your little greenhouse with the wooden boxes.
This is very helpful – really pleased with my veg & herb growing veg – now I may know what are what!!!! I grow some of mine in a veggie trug and a round wooden barrell – higher up, as we have a rabbit problem in our garden!!
us the most satisfaction – the effects that can be achieved are truly extraordinary and turn a space that is often ill-used into a place where it is perfect to entertain or to simply enjoy long tranquil summer evenings.
your blog is very informative and will with your permission add a link on my patio ideas site
Happy to report that two out of three courgette plants are producing abundant supply of food including eating the flowers. More here including how to cook them …. http://vegboxmonologues.co.uk/domani/
whoah this blog is great i like studying your posts.
Stay up the great work! You already know, lots of persons are looking around for this information,
you could help them greatly.
What you said made a ton of sense. However, what about this?
what if you were to create a awesome headline? I mean,
I don’t wish to tell you how to run your blog, but what if you added a title that grabbed folk’s attention?
I mean Penny’s Gardening Blog – identifying plants
| The Riverford Blog is a little boring. You ought to glance at Yahoo’s front page and see how they create article headlines to get people interested. You might add a related video or a related picture or two to get people interested about what you’ve got to say.
In my opinion, it might make your posts a little livelier.