I picked the first broad beans of the season this morning, and I cannot remember why I ever thought broad beans boring. There was a time though, when I grew them just because they were so healthy and treated them as a filler.
Plants know. Well, mostly they know. They do get it wrong, but a lot of years of evolution have gone into picking the change of season. Despite the cold snap we’ve been going through, this morning my garden reckons Spring has truly sprung here.
Leafy planting days today and tomorrow. The trick with leafies this time of year is to think about sex.
This is one of my favourite recipes for a “meal tree” for a new mum.
If you don’t have kale, I think the filling in this recipe will work just as well with cabbage if you reduce the water and the cooking time a little.
I’m running out of room! Already! This Cavallo Nero is occupying the spot where I want to plant this baby button squash.
We stopped in at a fish shop on the way home from visiting our daughter at the coast yesterday. I had just bought a half kilo of squid, thinking calamari, when I noticed they had snapper frames at a ridiculously low price.