"We sow the seed, nature grows the seed..."

Today I will be mostly ordering seeds for next year's crop of organic food. This is very exciting and I have got wildly carried away as per usual.

I can recommend this place to buy organic stuff, they are linked with the HDRA, or 'Garden Organic' as they are now called. If you join Garden Organic, you can also get a reduced fee membership of the Heritage Seed Library, where you can try all sorts of interesting plants and also help preserve them for future generations.

If you have any interesting suggestions let me know. I have a reasonable-sized patch and after spending much time this year finally clearing it all up and planting some clover as a green manure, I am certainly going to try to make best use of the space. I have grown from plants for the last couple of years so this is the next step. Many exciting things are on the list, including sweet peppers, after having had some good success, so far, with chillis outside.

My best find so far is on impulse and they are out of stock for this year now, however it is possibly the most fantastic sounding vegetable I have ever heard of. I am, perhaps, too excited, however I make no apologies for my increasingly horticultural leanings. It is:

Bulbous Chervil

"An almost unknown vegetable. The cylindrical, mealy and sweet roots, similar to potatoes and chestnuts in taste, are eaten as purees or together with grilled meat. Sow in November in a well prepared soil, germination follows in the spring."

Ha! How great is that! Now I just need to find my own Felicity Kendal style woman.

As a wise young man* once said, "We sow the seed, right. Nature grows the seed. We eat the seed. And then! We sow the seed, nature grows the seed..." - repeat until death.


* Neil, from The Young Ones, if you hadn't already guessed.