Time to get serious about parsnips
Parsnips are a respected (and apparently delicious) root vegetable that stores well in root cellars. I think I bought some at the grocery once, and thought they were OK. This image was on a gardening website called Galen's Garden (actually mentioned as food for rabbits and guinea pigs, but it's an appealing photo- looks tasty to me.) A good friend who grew up on an Iowa farm told me they always had parsnips and salsify in their vegetable garden. A fellow garden blogger in England is delighted that he may have perfect parsnips for Christmas dinner (what a wonderful thing to anticipate!) A garden writer in New Hampshire talked about his method for growing parsnips -- a crowbar plunged into the soil to create a deep (very deep) cone that's then filled with light, fluffy soil for the parsnips to develop properly. Thomas Jefferson grew them (recommendation enough for me). A historically accurate garden in Old Salem, NC had parsnips and salsify, too. William Woys Weaver i...