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Rich trims the leaf salad
The potatoes are out of control. The leaves are already well over the top of the trug in which I’m growing them, and I’m not going to be able to keep earthing them up much longer. The beans, too, are putting on about an inch or two a day at the moment, with the tallest ones almost at the top of their supporting canes. And the strawberry plants already have green strawberries on them, too. It’s still only May.
The leaf salad has been ready to harvest for a few weeks now, so after a trip to the shops as we sheltered from the rain (new bed, mattress, settee, armchair), we set about harvesting the leaves, and ate them for dinner.
We mixed them with some shop-bought salad, so I’m not sure which bits were home grown and which were commercial, but it was all very pleasant so there’s obviously nothing wrong with the crop. The cut ends should sprout new leaves and replenish the supply, so there’s more of this to come, but I’m really most keen on seeing the beans on the table. At the rate they’re growing, I’m guessing they could be sprouting pods in a month or so.
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