Old varieties of vegetables, saved by enthusiasts from the onslaughts of supermarkets and the EU grow at Heligan. This book shows how to grow them and how to make the best of them on the table.

Table of Contents

Introduction - the Heligan adventure; the country house productive garden; rotation, soil fertility and plant sourcing; storage and preservation; potatoes; brassica crops; winter root crops; leguminous crops; miscellaneous crops; other oddities; climbing and dwarf beans; vegetable cropping in the walled garden; cucurbits; favourite recipes from the Heligan Restaurant. Appendices: vegetable varieties and suppliers; cropping plan.