{"id":138933,"date":"2023-08-25T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-a-purple-patch-in-your-garden-can-also-brighten-up-your-dinner-plate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:09:30","slug":"how-a-purple-patch-in-your-garden-can-also-brighten-up-your-dinner-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-a-purple-patch-in-your-garden-can-also-brighten-up-your-dinner-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"How a purple patch in your garden can also brighten up your dinner plate"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom iridescent shiso for sprinkling on ramen to deepest mauve carrots, violet crops appeal to kids, tooI\u2019m not the kind of grower who has a typical origin story. I didn\u2019t learn to sow seeds or harvest fruit at the feet of a parent or grandparent. But I think I can pinpoint the exact moment I knew I was destined to lead a life dictated by the needs of the crops I would grow.I was sitting eight storeys above the ground, on the soil of Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in New York, holding the finest carrot I\u2019d ever met. It was orange through the core but the deepest, richest purple around the outside. It was sweet, crunchy, a delight to behold \u2013 and, if I recall the variety correctly, called \u2018Purple Haze\u2019. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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