Garden foraging

The tips of pumpkin shoots and a couple of leaves surrounding the tip can be nipped off and used in cooking.. so can the flowers, but don't take too many flowers or you won't get pumpkins!
The pic below shows a female flower and the ovary.
To prepare the pumpkin tips, just blanch them and add a dash of sesame oil, some tamari and voila. Delicious!
The browner leaves on a cassava plant can also be used in the same way.
Robyn showed us how carrots can be hidden away underground, in good condition, as they store well underground. She used a garden fork to lift the dirt near some straggly looking carrot tops, and there were about 8 carrots brought to the surface. It was amazing to see how much was underground without a sign on top of the soil!