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Fresh from the plot

Rekha Mistry is a keen veg grower who loves to try exotic varieties and experiment with them in the kitchen. She appeared in the 2015 BBC Two series, The Big Allotment Challenge

Harvest now

Just because it’s winter, it doesn’t mean we can’t have colourful harvests. I’m still picking and from the plot and even from greenhouse pots, and mixed with is a welcome addition on my lunch plate. Purposely grown in the greenhouse are also snipped for a touch of spring flavour. I’ve harvested the first – the aroma is just sublime. Once roasted, parsnip

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