Rocket!

I'm overwhelmed by it!

Here's a recipe that helps (amounts approx; adjust to suit):

Rocket pesto

ingredients
rocket leaves for every 4 oz (125 g) of leaves add:
2 oz (50 g) pine nuts, chopped fine
2 oz (50g) hazelnuts (and/or cashews or walnuts if you prefer, or add more pine nuts..), chopped
a couple of cloves of garlic, crushed/chopped finely
salt and pepper to taste
100 ml olive oil (extra virgin)

and if you eat it,

50g parmesan (or other Italiany hard cheese, or cheese substitute), grated.
If you just stir this in when you want to use the pesto, it'll keep much longer. If you don't eat cheese it works fine without, just tastes a bit different.


method
1) harvest rocket, weigh and note it on your 12-plot sheet ;)
2) wash and cut out large stems
3) chop leaves finely
4) chop the other dry ingredients too and stir together
5) mix with olive oil
6) store in a sterile jar. Pour some olive oil as a layer over the top. I top this up when I use it so it keeps longer. Keep in fridge (about a month if you added the cheese, or up to 6 months if you didn't).

You can use a food processor if you prefer instead of chopping; just throw everything dry in and whizz and then add the oil a bit at a time.

If you've any other "glut" recipes, please share here.

:)
Enjoy!

Plot pictures

A huge thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures of their plots!
Please do keep them coming in. Email to mixedveg@permaculture.org.uk

Peter's very nice layout design with plenty of space between the plots!











Mark's plots:
They are on a no-dig experimental plot in its third season - the two plots are side by side and so have almost identical aspects. Here are some photos from the beginning.






large, 12 crop plot














Small, 3-crop plot













and a map of the planting as of April (O = onion, P = peas):















Emma's plot
The 3 veg plot is nearest the camera then a 20cm gap then the 12 veg plot marked out with blue twine

In April:











In July: