I love leeks, they are a delicious accompaniment to many dishes so last year I tried to grow them from seed that I planted directly into my garden bed, no luck! So this year I bought a few packs of the starter plants and whalla! Leeks, Leeks and more leeks!
One thing I did not do is pile the soil up around the leek as it grew, but somehow even through my neglect, I still have a mess of lovely leeks. I've pulled a few this year to use in various dishes but I still have many left. From what I've read, the leeks are good through frost so I'm planning to leave the full harvest until well into November and deal with them just before the ground starts to freeze. Of course I'll be harvesting what I need as I need it, and we'll see how much is left in November.
For now I've been making spinach and leek fritatta's and I plan to make a large pot of potato and leek soup to freeze. I'm going to have to find some more recipes though or some way to keep them for later use after I harvest them. Sounds like they'll keep for a couple weeks in the fridge... maybe I'll just have to make a lot of meals with leek this fall/early winter.
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