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The gentlemen with whom I share my home (one husband and one child) are disinclined, at the best of times, to partake of vegetables of any description, and though they might be tolerated as a necessary evil occasionally – on top of a pizza, for instance – salad leaves of any kind seem to give rise to a red line. They are, after all, food for rabbits – and I suppose I must have been a rabbit in a former life because they are one of my absolute favourite things. It winds me up though, that the only way to buy them is usually as a whole head of one kind of lettuce – boring! – or as a mixture in a bag – much more interesting and delicious, but it’s hard to get through a whole bag by yourself before they get limp and lifeless, and I hate waste. So this week I’ve been planting my own ‘cut and come again’ lettuce.

Dandelions grow in every continent in the world, and are edible in their entirety.

Dandelions grow in every continent in the world, and are edible in their entirety.

Dandelions grow in every continent in the world, and are edible in their entirety. They are thought to have evolved about 30 million years ago and have been used for food and as a herb for most of recorded history.

The EPA’s Stop Food Waste programme has joined forces with Grow it Yourself inviting you to grow your own greens this St Patrick’s Day.