Growing Chinese vegetables: Kai Lan / Chinese Broccoli...

Kai Lan/ Chinese Broccoli growing in our vegetable garden

I am really excited about the Chinese Broccoli (also known as Gai Lan, Kai Lan, Chinese Kale) that I am growing in the garden right now.  Chinese kale is so different compared to other kinds of kale - the stems are very tender and the texture of the leaves much more delicate.  And the taste!  Kai Lan has got to top the list when it comes to "most flavoursome" Chinese vegetable.

Foraging for the last of the blackberries...

A few weeks ago (when it was still warm and the sun was still shining!), we found lots of lovely juicy blackberries ripening and waiting to be picked in our hedgerow.  It always amazes me how fruit grows so easily in this country!