1 Apr 2011
Trialling the RELATE lettuce…
I want to tell you about a rather exciting new plant I am growing in the garden this year. RELATE, the marriage guidance and relationship counseling organisation last year launched a range of specially bred plants designed to overcome many of the challenges which their research showed most often led to conflict among gardening couples. The one I am trialling (see above) is the ‘Flowering Lettuce’, designed to support couples where one partner wants to grow food at the expense of growing vegetables, and the other only wants to grow flowers. Apparently this is responsible for 28% of all the disputes RELATE work with. I was dubious, but last week, after 3 weeks of just looking like a normal lettuce, it burst into beautiful flowers! I’m impressed. You can also eat the flowers, which are said to have a slight taste of malt, but they are so beautiful I can’t bring myself to.
