July 2011 - Courgettes and Rooster Potatoes
Courgettes and their flowers ripening in the summer with rows of Rooster potatoes soon to be harvested. All grown without the use of chemicals on our new three-acre site near Borehamwood in Hertfordshire. In the background sits "Duncan" my faithful old Ford tractor.
June 2011 - New Season “wet” Violet Garlic Now Available
Locally grown on my NW London site our Violet Garlic has just been harvested (10/6/11). The original seed garlic came from the Cadours region in central-southern France and over the last two years we’ve been growing and expanding our crop. Said to be one of best garlics in the world, violet garlic has a subtly flavour without the overpowering bite of inferior varieties. After harvesting new season or “wet” garlic only lasts a few weeks before the bulbs begin to dry and their internal skins form.
Just harvested, one of our new season garlic crops stored on the roof of an outbuilding to dry in the sun…if we get any lately!