In praise of the Brassica

 This early springtime with our seedlings only just hardening off is often called the hungry gap. As well as foraging for wild garlic, sweet cicely, and ground elder, nothing fills the hungry gap like the cabbage family with broccoli, kale and spring greens. Going out to the patch to pick these purple lovelies is a really good way to add even more vitamins to any foraged salad bowl. Way better than a bunch of flowers!

First spring of the new world!

Following the deadly spread of covid 19 virus growing your own food just went from a hobby to a way of life for the food emergency that is bound to come so....without being anymore post apocalyptic about it.....Today the polytunnel got a soil conditioning treat with chicken manure pellets and then some nicely rotted straw on top. With the seedlings safely out of the way from any slug predators!