The potager shed
The potager shed
Just the thing for an autumn supper. Inexpensive, tasty, store-cupboard comfort food.
Do you need a way to use up those home-grown green tomatoes that have no chance of ripening as the days get shorter?
Each week during the summer our hens lay more eggs than we can eat, so it makes sense to try to keep some for winter when they are no longer laying.
We have butternuts, carrots, shallots, spinach, parsley and borlotti beans from the garden at the moment, so this heart-warming soup uses them in perfect harmony.
At the moment we have a bit of a glut of mustard greens, so here’s a good way of using this peppery vegetable which is so green and lush it just has to be good for you.
For the past year or so I’ve had a hen tunnel running through the path of the vegetable garden. Whilst it’s lovely communing with my girls whenever I’m working, it’s a pain in the butt to get past and using a wheelbarrow has been out of the question.
No proving, no yeast, no waiting, no bother. The easiest bread ever in less than 50 minutes.
I haven’t been out of our property for three weeks but it has been absolutely fine. I’m extraordinarily lucky to have a big garden and a list of jobs as long as my arm.
At the moment we’re self-isolating to keep out of the way of the Covid19 virus that’s come all too close in the past week. Finding myself at home, with no commitments and a completely clear calendar made me think about what I could do to be useful, apart from working in the garden to produce our food.
Just over a week ago our lovely hen-that-laid-blue-eggs, Blucia died. There was a huge tempest that was blowing directly into their open hen house and I think she must have had a heart attack when an exceptional gust blew in.
Yes, you read that correctly, soup using cauliflower leaves. If you buy cauliflowers in shops the pickers will have removed the leaves in the field during the harvest. However, if you grow your own you will have an abundance of leaves. Every head of cauliflower is surrounded by huge leaves.
If you were brought up in the 60s you’ll know that Topo Gigio was a rather endearing/annoying mouse puppet on TV. He sang, along with his family of other mouse puppets.
