Tromboncino! I love saying the word. I only just goggled it and found out that I've been spelling it wrong, not enough 'n's. Well its difficult when you come across a vege that you've never met before, you don't know how to pronounce or spell its name and you don't really know how it will grow, when to harvest or how to eat it! I suppose that adds to the excitement. And there's always the possibility that a new vege may grow really well in your conditions AND taste nice too. a tangle of tromboncinos I was given tromboncino seeds by a lovely lady at our permaculture group (thanks Judi!) and I wasn't really sure what to expect. I had read about them on Linda Woodrow's Witches Kitchen , so I know that they like to climb and that I may get more than I could eat. Just in case, I only planted three seeds, and two of them made it out to the garden, planted next to the fence, so they could climb up if they wanted to. They didn't do much t...
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