Coriander and chick peas

Some self-seeded coriander in the polytunnel inconveniently sprung up in the walkway over the winter but has now gone to seed, dried and is ready for picking.

Our coriander supply for curries for the year is now safely harvested!

We tried growing chick peas for the first time this year. After sowing them late due to the wet soil the plants did really well so we are about to pick some to eat as fresh peas and dry the rest to store for the winter.

The plants are attractive but we have read a warning about the leaves giving off malic acid and the pods concealing a small but nasty barb so harvesting them should be interesting - especially since each pod only contains 1-3 peas. We could be here a while.......