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Orach – a very useful cut and come again veg for a limited space
I invested in orach last year – supplied by The Real Seed Company. The young leaves can be eaten in a salad and the older leaves are a great alternative to spinach. As long as you do not let it go to seed – the buds are delicious steamed – this will produce for you until the first frosts. The final height is about a meter high. Beautiful and tasty – what more could you want from a leafy vegetable? I was planning to save the seed last year but just didn’t get around to it. The seed heads stayed on the plants all through the cold and...
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