Veg Box Update

There are some great websites out there dealing just with recipes for veg box contents, written by people who run schemes and take part in them. I started out having a regular organic box but got bored with the root veg. Now I run a fruit and veg co-op in my village, ordering wholesale from organic suppliers and splitting the produce between the members. We get about 30% more food that way and more variety as they let me order bespoke each week for the group.

Thanks Mike - your co-op sounds like an excellent idea - fancy moving to my village and organising one here?? Rumour has it we're about to get a new greengrocer, so the veg box may only be a temporary thing - will have to wait and see. To be honest, we have big plans for the garden this year so over the summer months, I don't expect to be getting regular deliveries but living off my own land. (The neighbours are concerned that we're turning into Tom and Barbara Good, and keep asking when the goats will arrive...)

You know the title of the book you are planning on writing sounds good - 1001 Things To Do With Root Vegetables. Its true - actually so many of the root vegetables get into salads besides soups and other recipes. And I get you immediately when you talk of stepping into another time when you taste childhood favorite foods...food is an eternal quest!