Yesterday, being a student and volunteer at Living Under One Sun made The Good Life a modern, organic and sustainable reality.
With Gemma Harris leading, we went foraging and returned with Yarrow, Garlic mustard, Red Dead Nettle (to name a view).The edible weeds were replanted in the "Foraging Specimen Bed". The bed is signposted with a sturdy plank on which Miriam wrote the bed's identity...
Aadil showed me the strawberry bed he's working on, with two rows of strawberries already planted...it's going to be a blessedly abundant summer.
Fruits of our Labour
We picked an abundance of "greens" from the allotments to make salad to eat (a late lunch) and to take home. Davina shared out the "take home" and deftly wrapped them in newspapers. We each took home portions of newly picked rhubarb, kale, chard, broccoli, land cress, spring onions and leeks.
Sixteen or more ingredients went into the salad, including:
For the full list of our salad's ingredients, please check the entry for the day's activity (14th April)in the "Green Hut" log book.
At home I washed the kale and chard leaves. Trimmed and cut the leeks and spring onions and sautéed them in a little coconut oil, seasoned with ground black pepper. I added the kale and chard leaves, placed the pan lid on and left to steam for a few minutes.
I served the deliciously wilted mixture as a side dish (while still hot). This is a versatile recipe...a child would love it. It can also be served with mashed potato on top...it can be served in a variety of ways...
Hope you can see the potentials for these Living Under One Sun's grown ingredients...come and join the fun.
The next course starts soon!
10 weeks : Wednesday 28th April - 14th July 12- 3pm
please spread the word
course is for tottenham residents
To enrol, email LUOS.GrowingCourses@yahoo.com
or Tel 078 06 87 05 05
Those of you who've been on the 1st course are welcome to contribute more as assistant tutors - but only as far as you want to.
NB If people find the time of the course inconvenient, perhaps we could start a bit earlier or later?
Happy to discuss
Gemma
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