Courgettes really are a modern vegetable. Like most other veg now favoured in western diets they originate from Central/South America. Courgettes were bred and enjoyed for thousands of years by indigenous people in the Americas. They were introduced to Europe by Columbus about 500 years ago. However it wasn’t until the middle of the 20th […]
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Early summer is the turn for the Chenopods or Amaranthaceae. Exotic sounding and indeed they can be exotic. The plant family of chenopods includes plants such as quinoa from the Andes and orache with its deep red leaves. It also includes more familiar foods such as beetroot, spinach and chard. Beetroot originates from the wild
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Summer is now in full swing and between the weeding, watering and harvesting it can be difficult to step back and see the bigger picture. These aerial photographs taken recently, made us stop and think of what we had achieved, the challenges we’d faced and just how far we’ve come in the 8 months since
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For nearly five months now we’ve been nurturing our tomatoes to get to this point; a kaleidoscope crop of cancer fighting, sweet, succulent fruits that can be used in almost any meal. Tomatoes aren’t an obvious crop for Cornwall, they often suffer from blight in wet and warm summers, which are most here in Kernow.
It’s about time we let you in on some secrets. Chard secrets. This veg has been rocking our world for quite some time and it is so versatile. So we thought we’d give you some tips and basic recipe ideas for how to use our lovely rainbow chard. To start let’s talk anatomy, plant anatomy
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