Radish Varieties

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Great Radishes to try

Cherry Belle Radish
- Cherry shaped and cherry coloured. Pure crisp white flesh which is slow to go pithy and woody. Mild flavour.
French Breakfast Radish
- One of the most famous varieties but I have yet to see it eaten first thing in the morning in France. Long roots of red with a white tip.
Mooli Radish
- Japanese type giving long white roots with crisp flesh. Use peeled and sliced in salads or added to stir-fry cooking.
Munchen Bier Radish
Grown for seed pods. Plants should be about 6-8cm apart. Quickly goes up to flower and produce seed pods which should be used when green and crisp and can be snapped easily. Raw in salads or in a stir-fry. Spicy flavour.
Red Meat Radish
- Quite large round roots with red topped white skin and delightful deep rose coloured flesh. Ideal for slicing for both fresh or stir fry use.
Scarlet Globe Radish
- Good traditional variety giving lovely round roots of bright red. Suitable for early cropping under cloches.
Sparkler Radish
- Attractive on a salad plate, bright red round roots with a white tip. Mild flavour and crisp flesh.
Summer Crunch Radish
- Our own introduction, semi-long stump ended roots with deep pink skin with pure white tip and flesh. Sweet flavour and crisp texture.
Tarzan Radish
- Excellent variety for autumn or under cover in early spring. it quickly forms roots which are very uniform. The nice, round radishes are a deep, rich red colour and keep well. Also very high yielding.
  Sowing December-March or September-October.
Black Spanish Long Radish
- Long tapered roots with dark brown skin and pure white flesh. Can be left in the ground and harvested in winter or stored in dry sand in frost free shed.
Black Spanish Round Radish
- The round counterpart to the above. Both have crisp tasty flesh which can be sliced or grated for use in winter salads.
China Rose Radish
- Medium large oblong shaped roots with rose pink skin and pure white flesh. Can be harvested in autumn and stored in dry sand in frost free conditions.

Category: Recipes

Baked Salmon & Asparagus with Jersey Royal's

Tasty and so easy to make, great dinner party dish or a cracking family treat, and a healthy dish too especially if like me you have an Asparagus Bed or two!.

Pasta with Asparagus and Courgette

Asparagus and Courgette are made for each other in this dish!

Irish Stew with Parsnips

Irish Stew with Parsnips
The Parsnips are by no means traditional in this recipe and are optional but my wife loves them so what you going to do?

Category: The Growing Season

The Growing Season

The Growing Season varies in different parts of the United Kingdom, but in Hatfield Peverel we are blessed with a milder climate and enjoy a longer season than many parts of the country.

In this section of the web site I have tried to separate the season out into monthly sections to help and guide you through the most popular tasks and crops regularly grown on the allotment site, but if you would like a feature made of a particular vegetable or task, please get in touch and I will do my best to add it to the web site for you.

Jobs to do in May

May is usually one of the busiest months

The soil is warm and the plants growing well. But watch out for a sneaky late frost.

Jobs to do in September

Jobs to do in September
September marks a change in the seasons, you'll be harvesting the last of your summer crops if you haven't already done so, crops like tomatoes, beans, peppers, sweetcorn will be finishing, but on the other hand the first of the Autumn crops will be nearing ready or may be ready like Apples, Pears, Main Crop Potatoes, Winter Squashes to name but a few!

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