Green Soup from the April Garden
Sorrel
A glorious April day and Henrietta went the garden with her collecting basket – picking sorrel…
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Nettles
…nettles from the neighbour…
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Good King Henry
…and Good King Henry!
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Basketful
She got a big basketful (as did I)…
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Steam
…we picked the nettles with gloves on, and steamed them to get rid of the sting!
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Big Chop
Then chopped all the greens with a big knife…
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little chop
…and a small one…
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Onion Carrot Potato
…and an onion, a carrot and two potatoes…
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Soup
…and made it all into spring green soup! Oh how delicious it was – I just loved having soup from the first bright greens from our spring garden!
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Quimper Hittys 
That does sound delicious! I harvested the first chive in my garden today, it was also very yummy on top of my lunch.