• Rampant Runners 1st Oct 2009

  Our veggie plot is looking decidedly sad after its summer of plenty.

  Courgettes, tomatoes, spinach, lettuce of every hue. It’s been great to come back from Millican On Tour at the Highland Shows and Equestrian Trials for some home-grown grub.

  
  Mind you, we’ve had our problems. We’re still nurturing one solitary chilli plant. The snails got the rest.

  We had to send in a rescue party for the sprouts. The slugs had had a field day.

  And we thought we’d lost the broccoli. Till we found it lurking beneath the beetroot leaves.

  It’s not an easy game, especially when you’re away from home. But the food on the table more than makes up for it. Hats off, then, to the Eat Seasonably Campaign. We love the idea of eating fruit and veg grown in season. If that means fewer artificial inputs like heating, lighting and pesticides, it can only be to the good.

  Mind, you have to know your onions.

  We had a glut of runner beans this year.

  All credit to our favourite seasonal chef for saving the day. Valentine Warner’s brilliant Runner Bean Chutney recipe sorted us out in a jiffy.

  
  This stuff will keep us going for months.

  Is everything green in your garden?

  By Jorrit
  
  

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