{"id":20361,"date":"2018-12-08T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T10:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=20361"},"modified":"2018-12-08T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:59:33","slug":"the-last-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=20361","title":{"rendered":"The last roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last roots I harvest in the autumn are perennial vegetables for eating in the winter. I usually do this as late as possible and some years harvestng involves breaking through the ice with a pick axe! With daytime temperatures of -7C forecast for next week, this may be the last chance! Yesterday was the annual horserdish (pepperrot) harvest&#8230;.the big roots are for forcing young shoots as a vegetable (usually blanched) and the younger roots for grated horseradish! An annual dig also serves to limit the spread of horseradish which can be a problem in some gardens!<br \/>\nSee my webinar from last winter on winter vegetables here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sf1ucsGrU2U\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sf1ucsGrU2U<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20361 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20362'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880442.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880442.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880442-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880442-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20363'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880444.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880444-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880444-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20364'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880445.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880445.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880445-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1880445-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last roots I harvest in the autumn are perennial vegetables for eating in the winter. 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