tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post4048292345267539126..comments2023-09-29T18:37:14.377+10:00Comments on Eight Acres: Growing and using celeryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-64516086196496483992016-09-22T20:06:44.088+10:002016-09-22T20:06:44.088+10:00I love to have a few celery plants in the garden t...I love to have a few celery plants in the garden to pick a few stalks when I need them. No soup or casserole/stew is complete without a bit of celery. Brian did use the long bits of poly pipe to blanch the stalks, but I took them off. I like the stalks to be green and I like to break the stalks off, which I couldn't do with the poly pipe wrapping them. Also, the earwigs loved the cosy comfort of the poly pipes. He grew them from seed, in punnets, in the glass house, before planting out in the garden, but he has green fingers and a horticultural degree.... For us normal folk, growing from seedlings is a much easier option though. ;)Jembella Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646075804716647311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-41710155141703677952016-09-22T19:45:27.143+10:002016-09-22T19:45:27.143+10:00I grow celery and use it a lot when I make stews a...I grow celery and use it a lot when I make stews and soups. I start off base of things like that with a chopped onion, garlic and celery which I then gently fry. I don't like raw celery but my husband does so I will often cut up a stalk and add it to the salads he takes to work. I've never grown it from seed either.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-2364944991336912062016-09-22T18:52:13.076+10:002016-09-22T18:52:13.076+10:00I have tried and failed to grow it from seed and s...I have tried and failed to grow it from seed and seedling but I have had success with cutting the base of a brought bunch and planting it in very damp soil and growing it in a shade house. I cut the base off allowing about 5- 7 cm and it sent up shoots from the middle. We don't eat that much so I have never made it a priority to grow.Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-9303269795226923912016-09-22T12:10:45.348+10:002016-09-22T12:10:45.348+10:00We have not grown celery ever and I don't know...We have not grown celery ever and I don't know why as I love the stuff. Imagine if I love the cruddy grocery store kind how much I'd like the real stuff? Something to add to next years garden for sure.Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-39101002858961043862016-09-22T00:12:47.179+10:002016-09-22T00:12:47.179+10:00ever since i started cooking for myself, quite a f...ever since i started cooking for myself, quite a few vege got ditched, celery was one of them, i just can't stand the taste, even in soups. have been told that celeric? i think it is, is much nicer for those of us who don't like normal celery. i've not grown it yet, perhaps that may improve the taste also?<br />great post <br />thanx for sharingselinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173172460099566314noreply@blogger.com