Growing an incredible edible garden - Morag Gamble from Our Permaculture Life

Pumpkin leaves are a bit hairy ... the tips are really good eating. Taste like ... Pumpkin! They can be a bit hairy too and sometimes need peeling before steaming.

Just made an error, the cabbage leaf should be a pumpkin leaf. 

Christa and Muriel attended the talk by Morag Gamble (co-founder of Northey Street Edible Gardens).  It was an interesting talk on the things we can eat in our garden.   She went on to describe the different leaves that we can eat and at what stage they are tasty.  Some of the things I learnt were - if you grow broad bean plants in our area, to eat the top leaves of the plants as a good vegetable.  Other things were to steam the young leaves of the cabbage plant, these are nearly always available.

If you don't have chooks then comfrey leaves have similar benefits in compost and no dig gardens. 

Even the best premium soil bags can be improved by adding peat coir for potting up plants. 

Morag eats the little turmeric root pieces raw, she said to always add a sprinkle of black pepper as it boosts the goodness of turmeric. 

The talk went for 2 hours and it was free and very informative, she displayed 2 tables full of cuttings and seeds that can be eaten and are nearly always forgotten as a food item in hard times.