This week it has to be mustard. A wonderful purple leaf which has a fantastically hot flavour – just like…yes, you got it…mustard. It runs away with the title this week, not only because it’s so delicious, but also because it’s the last week that we’ll be harvesting these spicy leaves.
Next week the mustard is making way for something new. It departs in good favour as it’s done really well on the Growing Communities sites over the last few months – certainly has for the time that I’ve been apprentice here. It’s the kind of leaf that works brilliantly for the salad bags – you crop it by plucking the leaves one by one. Quite labour intensive but it means that the plants continue to grow and give plenty of leaves week after week. A great leaf on all fronts, unless you don’t like the taste of mustard…
March 20, 2008 at 12:02 pm |
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November 19, 2010 at 10:47 am |
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