Our horticultural sensibilities have risen with the season.
Despite the habitual tool stealing and general plunderings (not by us!) our vegetable plots are once again bountiful.
Recently we took an inspirational trip to Petersham Nurseries, that involved a hefty promenade in the pouring rain, including a walk through a cow’s pasture (sometimes I do love London!) and it was all worth it.
I couldn’t think of a better place for watching the rain, than in the hot, damp, red soiled interiors of Petersham Nurseries, by a woobly old garden table with a cup of Ethiopian coffee in one hand.
This was our first load of purple globe artichokes for the season ready to be boiled in salted water and then eaten with an olive oil and caper “butter”. We’ve had this at least once a week since, with various dressings. So simple and still my favourite way of eating artichokes!
