One of the problems I have with growing root vegetables is the fact that I don’t have any patience and they take a very long time to be ready. That and the fact that they grow underground and I can’t see how well they are growing. You don’t know how well you are doing with them and how well your soil preparation went.

 Before the, usually futile in my case, attempt to get the seeds to germinate you need to remove as many stones as possible so that the roots can grow nice and straight. But as I said before you don’t know how well you have done until the point of harvest. So can you imagine my joy when I pulled 2 parsnips today and they looked like this,

 

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There is a certain degree of relief when you pull them and they are of reasonable size and straight.