As the allotment season gets into full swing for another year (yep, I'm one of them - in my 10th year) attention turns to growing stuff that would cost lots to buy in the market but can be grown yourself really cheaply.
One crop that never ceases to amaze just how much they get away with charging for is watercress, so permit me to introduce my great find of last year: land cress. It's like its watery equivalent, with a healthy, strong, peppery taste, but you grow it in soil whether in the garden, the plot or a window box. And it can last all winter if you're lucky.
It's £1.50 for 1,000 seeds at Wilkinson's (update: link no longer active)
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Last week, I bought a pack of 1000 seeds for 99p from Tesco. The kids are growing these through the feet of old tights stuffed with kitchen roll ("cress heads").
It's great fun and the cress is easy to grow. I only wish my other home-grown veg would grow so quickly.
Posted by: Amanda Fazani | 04/28/2009 at 16:48