SEEDS OF HERITAGE #2 How to grow old heirloom parsnips, onions and leeks

Organic Gardening, Beekeeping and Seed Swapping Network
http://workwithnature-info.webs.com/
A mini series on the growing and storing of seed-saver varieties. This is a small youtube episode on starting a heirloom seed-bank.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Seed bank
• seed coletion
• seed saving
• organic growing techniques
• vegetables
• veg

[dianemummvideos]

I think we ate parsnips as kid, haven't for some time don't remember what they taste like..

[workwithnature]

@dianemummvideos Hey there, they are really worth growing just for roasting in the oven. They are so sweet. Very tasty. :)

[goodvibes03]

where did you get the blue crates

[workwithnature]

@goodvibes03 Hey there,

They are not so hard to get hold of. When you go to a supermarket they tend to have veg delivered in those type of crates. You can often get them when they are oldish. Hope that helped :)

[dsstroyer]

It's very hard to hear in most of your videos, can you turn up the cam a bit, I have my computer to the max and still can barely hear you. Thanks for all the vids.

[workwithnature]

@dsstroyer Hey thanks for the feed back. I have big speakers when editing. So I don't always hear it. I am working on getting new software and a mic. :) Thanks though, appreciate it ;)

[workwithnature]

@nokomarie1963 well just a thought :)

[nokomarie1963]

@workwithnature Ah, is that what I'm doing with the compost? Of course!

[dalecalder2003]

You have me thinking. I have shallots started under lights to be transplanted in the early spring garden but now I think I might try an experiment and direct seed some onions and leeks in the hoop house this week. The soil is still basically frozen in there but on sunny days the top few centimetres softens. This way the seed will be there for whenever the soil gets warm enough for germination. Worth a try anyway it might work.

[workwithnature]

@texgardener1 This is my favorite too :) It can take some time for the beds to be lose enough though, for proper root development. But it is well worth it :)

I would say that they are all long day varieties. The planting out stage is march to may. Harvest time is in autumn. We tend to sow seeds here early in the start of the year. If we use bulbs then we tend to plant them in march. Leeks just over winter and then are harvested as needed before they go to seed. But we will keep most of ours :)