Kitchen Garden

GROW A CHRISTMAS DINNER

Christmas? Really? I know, I know… I’m with you on that one. Perhaps it’s a symptom of getting older and wearier, but my heart sinks at those first Christmas-themed TV adverts -all jingle bells and snow while the trees outside have barely turned colour for autumn! So, I do get your eyerolls. Honestly, I do. But, please, bear with me for a moment.

Consider how much time we spend planning the perfect Christmas dinner. There’s the free-range Norfolk Bronze turkey; the Marsala-steeped cranberries; the apricot-and-sausage stuffing with rich onion gravy that’ll leave Nigella Lawson blushing... a lot of time and love is poured into the average festive feast. But grow the vegetables that fill your plate and your Christmas meal will reach a whole new level of taste and character.

There’s no reason you couldn’t grow every one of your Christmas veggies: from sprouts

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