what's new in the garden - the asparagus patch in full production; strawberries, currants, cherries, pear and apple trees blossoming; eggplant and pepper seedlings all planted into sheets of black plastic covering the ground, and under a temporary hot house made of raised coldframe tunnel to give them a growing boost; 60 plus tomato seedlings planted (15 varieties - in particular we are excited about our favourite Cherokee Purple, Mennonite Orange, and a new Berkeley Tie Dye which seems to be a prized tomato among "local food" chefs for it's complex flavours); carrots, spinach, bunching onions, radishs, peas all coming up...
what's on the supper table these days - rhubarb, herbs and wild edibles in full swing - fresh rhubarb & dandelion spritzers; garden sorrel soup; wild leeks; wild nettle & goat feta pie; free-range eggs with scrambled with garden chives; homemade spelt pasta with fresh parsley pesto; wood-fired pizza with last year's tomato sauce and fresh basil and oregano from the garden; many many cups of fresh mint tea (a blend of peppermint, chocolate mint and ginger mint is currently my favourite combination); fresh garden salads with dandelion, salad greens, wood sorrel, wild violets, kale flowers, red orach, arugula; red & green kale stir-fry; rhubarb crisp with last year's mulberries; ...and more to come...
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