I'd never be without carrots but if I never ate a parsnip again I doubt I'll feel as though I've missed out...they're a non descript veg IMHO.
I think you'll find yourself in the minority there. Root veg is the most popular with most people and carrots and parsnips being quite close to one another.
I love them [parsnips] too, especially roasted, but no one else in the house does, so I never buy them, and it certainly isn't worth growing them. In my experience, they're a bit of a Marmite veg. When I used to have everyone over at Christmas, only about 3 of us, out of around 12, liked them. No one else I know cares for them either. I don't often make soup with them though - bit windy.... Couldn't live without carrots. I'd need to grow nothing else in the garden though, if I wanted to be self sufficient in them.
That's what I call sensible @dthornely, not like me, I beat myself up every year because my beetroot is rubbish but still grow the ruddy things. Some folks never learn
1st year growing Beetroot was limited success, but this year they did very well @Uff . I wonder if it was starting them off in a raised bed in March under a closhe until May.🤔
I dunno @purplerallim. Trouble is my dad passed on several of his traits to me and one of them is stubbornness. Mind you I've cracked it with carrots so beetroot might follow suit.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Couldn't live without carrots. I'd need to grow nothing else in the garden though, if I wanted to be self sufficient in them.
Glad we gave you a bit of a laugh @dthornely
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...