Micro Management

Mark Diacono gets to grips with microleaves.

Words: Mark Diacono
Pictures: Mark Diacono

If you grow only one thing, let it be microleaves. Although these are just the seedlings of vegetables or herbs we usually eat when larger, many are so much fuller flavoured when harvested 5-8cm tall, with just a pair of leaves showing. The best taste like concentrated, clean, punchy versions of their fully grown selves, and once nibbled you may well decide with some that there’s no need to grow them any further.

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