It has been such a long time, we had so much cold and rain and snow this winter that I have hardly been down to the notment at all. A couple of weeks ago I did go, and collected some baby Alexanders , which went down very well with the family. They are very herbal, like fennel, aniseed or celery but stronger and with a distinct flavour. They work very well chopped up with mashed potato or in an omelette. Then yesterday I went back for a propoer look at the spring life. Many of the fragile little seedlings planted last year in their fleece-poo blankets are still alive if not exactly thriving - including a sage, some fennel cuttings, a feverfew and calamint. Sadly though, the huge ants nest has gone since the breeze blocks were sold to alocal builder who has been able to reuse them. I had been hoping to provide a new home for the ants, but failed to act in time and so now just have to wait and see if they managed to survive or not. I am fairly ignorant about the habits of ants, but...
Fuck me, you lot want to get a life!!
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ReplyDeleteHello guys, a German bookseller of my acquaintance told me about your challenge. Just had a look - really interesting. Sounds like you are having a lot of fun with this, East Anglian sugar beets - who would have thought it?
ReplyDeleteApologies if you have covered this, but have you looked into organic food delivery? Able & Cole offer a good weekly delivery. I have no idea if they would meet your challenge criteria.
Regards,
Rab in Edinburgh
Hi rab, great to hear from you and thanks for the tip. I actually emailed Abel & Cole about it and have had a friendly reply but they can't help much as they have to ALSO be organic. Similarly the local health food shop (Oliver's) were very friendly and responsive but couldn't offer much and asked us to tell them about any suppliers we discover. Apparently there just aren't that many organic farms in the SE. Of course our diet makes no restirctions on how the the food is produced, just where.
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