SCORZONERA

I metioned in my last post that I had set some Scorzonera yesterday -well I was really suprised when I tipped out the seeds - never seen seed like this before!!
I have been reading up on line about scorzonera -and it seems that it is best grown in a tub (good job really) -as the roots are quite thin and have a tendancy to snap easily-this way you can tip the whole tub out and rummage ;-)
It seems you can pretty much eat the whole thing:-

• smaller leaves in salads
• larger leaves steamed
• flowers in salads
• and then the roots steamed/sauted etc

So if it grows well this may be a good plant for those with limited space as you get quite a lot of return on the space used