When I was a little girl, horseradish grew in abundance in my Uncle George’s orchard and I can remember the agony of peeling it and grating it with my nana to make fresh horseradish sauce…

I was intrigued therefore this week, when I received an email from a customer to see if I could find some. Well a trip down to Suffolk was unfortunately out of the question and said orchard has long since been taken out and put to other use, so I had to find another source. Having drawn a blank with Diana of Jam Today (her greengrocer gets it in from Germany!!), I turned to Richard (of F Jackson & Son) in Melbourne who has all sorts of things growing in his 30 acres and hey presto he had a few roots growing by his garage. The little darling dug it up and passed it on FOC..now that’s service and my customer certainly thought so!

If you’ve got anything growing that’s unusual or surplus in your garden, then do let me know as it’s great to be able to match up produce with grateful users! At bookclub last night, a friend (and customer!) handed round some spare apricots she’d grown in her greenhouse – boy, were they delicious and I just love it when things like that happen…