[Raises incredibly large onion to camera]
September 24, 2020 10:49 AM Subscribe
King Of The Vegetable Realm: Giri Nathan (previously) talks to Medwyn Williams, competitive gardener and winner of 12 consecutive Gold Medals at the Chelsea Flower Show (canceled this year due to the pandemic).
Really an amazingly good article about an immensely appealing subject, including the vegetables. I never thought about a step pyramid for cherry tomatoes, but they look good and extremely smug in their ranks. Good vegetables always look proud of themselves, so I suppose competition comes natural to them.
posted by jamjam at 11:21 AM on September 24, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by jamjam at 11:21 AM on September 24, 2020 [4 favorites]
I like that half way through he asks in which medium this interview will appear. Otherwise though those photos were incredible.
posted by Carillon at 11:53 AM on September 24, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Carillon at 11:53 AM on September 24, 2020 [3 favorites]
For anyone interested:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: Placename and toponymy
posted by Think_Long at 11:58 AM on September 24, 2020 [1 favorite]
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: Placename and toponymy
posted by Think_Long at 11:58 AM on September 24, 2020 [1 favorite]
Those leeks are making me giddy.
posted by clew at 11:59 AM on September 24, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by clew at 11:59 AM on September 24, 2020 [2 favorites]
Can anyone tell me the way Medwyn is pronounced? Is it just like it's spelled (Med-win?)?
posted by WalkerWestridge at 12:00 PM on September 24, 2020
posted by WalkerWestridge at 12:00 PM on September 24, 2020
The bigness of Williams' vegetables raised echoes of Findhorn for me, and it's interesting to see that his little island is at 53.2°N as opposed to Findhorn's 57.8°N.
I have to think there's something going on with high latitude vegetables, perhaps even beyond long days and rapidly changing daylengths.
posted by jamjam at 12:14 PM on September 24, 2020
I have to think there's something going on with high latitude vegetables, perhaps even beyond long days and rapidly changing daylengths.
posted by jamjam at 12:14 PM on September 24, 2020
Wonderful article. I just started growing my own food this year and I loved this - and I loved the anecdote about his dad giving him radish and mustard seeds to grow, because I just sowed those myself for the first time on September 1 and I'm so close to being able to eat my radishes already!
Some laugh-out-loud lines in there, like how halfway through the article Williams suddenly asks "So are you writing this in a magazine or what?" And then there was this:
MW: Celery I’m not too keen on. But I do like it. But God has been kind to us, you see. When he developed celery he made sure there was a groove in the back of it to put salad cream into it.
GN: In the U.S. we like peanut butter in our celery.
MW: Bloody hell.
What a guy. I've already followed his Twitter.
posted by showbiz_liz at 12:35 PM on September 24, 2020 [5 favorites]
Some laugh-out-loud lines in there, like how halfway through the article Williams suddenly asks "So are you writing this in a magazine or what?" And then there was this:
MW: Celery I’m not too keen on. But I do like it. But God has been kind to us, you see. When he developed celery he made sure there was a groove in the back of it to put salad cream into it.
GN: In the U.S. we like peanut butter in our celery.
MW: Bloody hell.
What a guy. I've already followed his Twitter.
posted by showbiz_liz at 12:35 PM on September 24, 2020 [5 favorites]
Can anyone tell me the way Medwyn is pronounced? Is it just like it's spelled (Med-win?)?
Sounds right to me, if you go by how Mawdryn pronounced his name in the Doctor Who episode "Mawdryn Undead."
posted by stannate at 12:59 PM on September 24, 2020
Sounds right to me, if you go by how Mawdryn pronounced his name in the Doctor Who episode "Mawdryn Undead."
posted by stannate at 12:59 PM on September 24, 2020
The tweets and retweets are gold.
Just look at the length and shape of that bean.
Long gourd right now is moving nicely and very fast.
People thought I was bit touched to try and grow parsnips in lemonade bottles stuck together. Here’s the proof it can be done.
The 1080 Young is 44 days old today and estimates at 1045 pounds.
My last tweet showed my biggest onions
posted by feckless at 1:51 PM on September 24, 2020 [3 favorites]
Just look at the length and shape of that bean.
Long gourd right now is moving nicely and very fast.
People thought I was bit touched to try and grow parsnips in lemonade bottles stuck together. Here’s the proof it can be done.
The 1080 Young is 44 days old today and estimates at 1045 pounds.
My last tweet showed my biggest onions
posted by feckless at 1:51 PM on September 24, 2020 [3 favorites]
Celery I’m not too keen on. But I do like it. But God has been kind to us, you see. When he developed celery he made sure there was a groove in the back of it to put salad cream into it.
GN: In the U.S. we like peanut butter in our celery.
MW: Bloody hell. Yeah, I’m not a lover of peanut butter, I never have been.
Good thing the interviewer didn't mention Cheez Whiz.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:33 PM on September 24, 2020
GN: In the U.S. we like peanut butter in our celery.
MW: Bloody hell. Yeah, I’m not a lover of peanut butter, I never have been.
Good thing the interviewer didn't mention Cheez Whiz.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:33 PM on September 24, 2020
Good thing the interviewer didn't mention Cheez Whiz.
Having looked up what salad cream is, I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.
posted by Cash4Lead at 2:45 PM on September 24, 2020 [2 favorites]
Having looked up what salad cream is, I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.
posted by Cash4Lead at 2:45 PM on September 24, 2020 [2 favorites]
Having looked up what salad cream is, I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.
Are you ok? Can we, uh, call somebody?
posted by mhoye at 3:01 PM on September 24, 2020
Are you ok? Can we, uh, call somebody?
posted by mhoye at 3:01 PM on September 24, 2020
Heh. There was a bit of discussion of salad cream here a while back.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:04 PM on September 24, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:04 PM on September 24, 2020 [1 favorite]
His Twitter feed is a delight. Those are some nice-looking tomatoes.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:05 PM on September 24, 2020
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:05 PM on September 24, 2020
Those leeks are making me giddy.
I'd have expected no less from a Welshman.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 5:28 PM on September 24, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'd have expected no less from a Welshman.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 5:28 PM on September 24, 2020 [1 favorite]
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