The days are beginning to stretch, our rather confusing winter hopefully
has gone and we should lay our plans for the new season
One of the highlights of our spring classes is Saturday March 10th
growing your own vegetables with Master gardener Mike Thurlow
Mike is resident head gardener at Audley End if you need a little inspiration
about your own growing plans, I suggest a trip to The Kitchen garden at Audley
End, English Heritages beautiful estate nr to Saffron Walden.
Two acres of kitchen gardens laid out precisely to the garden plan for 1880
Historic vegetables,many rare varieties look carefully in the rhubarb patch and you are likely to bump
in to Mike, tousle haired wiry welshman, like all Welshman he enjoys a chat,
and freely dispenses info, to any willing listener.
Mike’s expertise in vegetable growing is unsurpassed.
Mike acts as advisor to Taste Italia on Kitchen garden Matters
and you will find his seasonal growing blogs on Taste Italia new website
Remember the secret of great Italian food is freshness, try growing your
own from Seed its totally satisfying.
Leo (son of the soil} Smith
