‘Why do the carrots have green leaves coming out of them, mummy?’ asked my six-year-old son, Tommy. I had purchased some beautifully fresh carrots from a local farm food shop earlier that day and they still had their little green foliage hats on. The thought that carrots were once living happily in the soil somewhere was a complete shock to my son, and it was in that moment that I realised my children didn’t really know where their fruit and vegetables come from.
Our small garden
