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I\u2019ve always wanted to have my own vegetable garden – le potage<\/em>r in French.<\/p>\n

I grew up spending a great deal of time with my grandmother who had a farm and a restaurant. One of the greatest joys of my childhood and very likely the source of my desire to become a chef, has to be the time I spent by her side.<\/p>\n

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On the farm, I had the task of collecting green beans and potatoes early in the morning, feeding the chickens and cleaning the rabbit cages\u2026<\/p>\n

I have some great memories of that time. As Jamie Oliver says quite well, if you know where your food is coming from, you eat with respect and you eat better. This has been even more important for me at the births of each of my children. Unfortunately my busy schedule earlier in my career made it difficult to grow more than a few herbs or the occasional tomato.\u00a0 So sadly my first two children did not benefit from this desire to get my hands in the dirt. But thankfully life is full of second chances – at least I\u2019d like to think so.<\/p>\n

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When we lived in Paris, we planted a few things – well actually, Yetunde decided to plant chili plants from seeds. There is something exciting about seeing a plant grow from seeds and it was amazing how even in Paris on our small balcony, we managed to plant a small \u201cjungle\u201d. One of those plants, a Thai chili, followed us on two consecutive moves and bore fruit for 4 years! Sadly we said our good-byes earlier this year. But I’m sure Yetunde will be back at it again.<\/p>\n

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We have already grown a small garden at our previous house – a small box of strawberries, tomatoes and raspberries. We had to fight the snails to get to the fruits first! But that’s the organic way.<\/p>