Adventures in Food

The Pensford ecosystem/wild/edible garden has been officially accepted onto the Capital Growth scheme member number 0423. This scheme, run by the London Mayor's office and various social and environmental organisations, means I get some free advice and they also sent some chive seeds and an outdoor sign. In the pack I also got a gardening catalogue and some ads for gardening services of various kinds. They are, to be fair, highly relevant and usually discounted, however it does look a bit like a marketing scheme as well as a positive endeavour. My mission is to try to get wildlife and biodiversity up the list of priorities when it comes to growing. Alot of times there may be good wildlife areas being destroyed in order to grow veg and this is not something I would want to happen too much. It would be best to see veg being grown in places where nothing is growing already, so come on London, dig up those car parks and pavements, restore your front garden to earth and life. An...

I got this from Ulrike who has also been playing with her food: " Hello Sarah & Rob, I've made an adventure with food today: Black Salsify. Abel & Cole have delivered them with the small deluxe box twice in the last three weeks and today we felt adventurous enough to cook them! You boil them for about half an hour, and then peel the bark-like skin off: We've eaten them in browned goat's butter & parsley accompanied by an omelette: Tastes like jerusalem artichoke I find. According to Jules' research on the internet, salsify was Thomas Jefferson's favourite vegetable! I don't think it's as adventurous as your purple mushrooms or squirrel stew but I thought I'd share it with you, Ulrike xx " Ulrike then reported that she thinks the salsify didnt agree with her too well but maybe it was because it had been sitting in the box for three weeks. Thanks U!