You may have noticed the amazing diversity in tomato colour. And if you haven’t then welcome to the wonderful rainbow that is tomato. It is a beautiful kaleidoscope of colour, form, taste, growth habit, leaf pattern and more. This blog post will focus purely on colour but in this series we will be discussing other […]
I’m a big fan of this often maligned vegetable. It forms the base of my favourite dish which is a Spanish version of moussaka. However, it is not everyone’s favourite. Some say it’s soggy and uninspired. This may be related to textural preferences but I like to think it’s because they haven’t tried the full […]
Here are some rarer greens that you may not have had the opportunity to try. Erba Stella: Also known as buckhorn or minutina, this is a species of plantain that you may be most familiar with growing as broad, low leaves in your lawn. The lawn species commonly encountered is Plantago major is also edible. […]
Orach, otherwise known as Atriplex hortensis, is a gorgeous, annual ‘spinach’ plant from Western Asia and the Mediterranean
There’s something about hot peppers that collect stories. Perhaps it is because their different flavours and uses are special ingredients in different, often regional, dishes and these make people think of ancestral place or important person. Maybe its the bravado of a food that bite’s back. Hot peppers originated in the warmer regions of the […]
Perennial edibles are a wonderful addition to most landscapes. They are available early in the season before many other vegetables have gotten growing. There are actually a fair number of perennial vegetables that are eaten for their early shoots like udo and seakale but asparagus is the most common in this part of the world. […]
This crispy stem vegetable is a member of the carrot family. It is the same species as the similarly named Celeriac, which is eaten for its swollen lower stem, rather than its long green stems and/or leaves. Both are Apium graveolens and therefore both can be treated similarly in terms of growing conditions and seed […]
Cynara cardunculus is a fascinating set of vegetables. A huge stately perennial thistle that grows wild around the Mediterranean. Varieties called Cardoon are selected for edible stems and varieties called Globe Artichoke are used for the delicate flower bud before it has opened. Both of these are fantastic looking in the vegetable garden but take […]
I have been growing funky cucumbers for last many years. Try some of these for your gardens. Please click on the link below to read up more. Armenian Cucumber Tasty Cucumbers Compact Cucumber and Tasty West Indies Cucumber Jamaican Burr Gherkin Cucamelon