Ottolenghi recipe that revolves around mint and courgettes, and the knowledge of how much better that would taste if both had come from my garden minutes before hitting the pan.For plants such as tomatoes, where you’ve missed the sowing season, rest assured that picking up plug plants from the garden centre or a generous, more organised friend, is not cheating.
Salad leaves, peas and edible flowers can be sowed in succession all summer.Whatever you do, don’t aim for self-sufficiency.
Unless you’ve got a polytunnel or acres of plot, the food you grow in your garden should be considered a fun bonus to what you pick up at the supermarket.
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