With the nights getting colder I figured it was a good day to bring in the last celery plant. The rest of the celery and celeriac went in to the root cellar last week.
Last year I had celery that we bought at a fall farmers market that had a bit of root on it and after we had eaten all but the few core ribs, I felt sorry for it and put it in a glass of water on a window sill in the kitchen. It rooted out in a week or so and I planted it in a pot. It thrived and we had fresh celery all winter. The leaves really are great and seldom found on celery you buy.
So this year I thought it would be fun to try it with a big healthy plant from the garden. They have quite an interesting root system, fat roots almost like tubers.
I will give it a good bit of a trim in the next few weeks to promote more new leaves. It is quite handsome sitting on my planting bench.
Cool! The tansy you recommended is huge and we will be bringing it in for the winter.
ReplyDeleteIt will come back in the spring too.
ReplyDeleteI have tried a couple of times to get my celery to live after it's sprouted and have never had it continue to grow. It looks promising, it starts to leaf, then...dies. You must be magic.
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