Watercress Aplenty

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I may have mentioned that Adam, my other 'arf', had been making a new pond for our 20 odd fish. Having completed it we headed for our local garden centre and bought some plants to give the pond a bit more 'life' and to give the fish somewhere to poke around and laze around unseen. One of the plants we bought was a watercress but, almost as soon as we got it home, the cabbage white butterflies took a liking to it and it began to look very sorry for itself so Adam came up with an idea to put the plants a little lower down in the water and surround it with some chicken wire and, as you can see from the above photo it did the trick! I never thought I'd be handing out bunches of watercress to the neighbours but, although it looks lovely and makes a lovely shiny green blanket, it is rather tasty. I'm hoping it'll survive the winter because it's such a wonderful plant. It's got plenty of vitamins A, C and E, iron, calcium and potassium and it's also very low in calories! Adam enjoys it in an egg sandwich but I use it in salads and stir fries - although it can go a bit limp if it's heated for any length of time. I've a good mind to try a watercress soup and, if all goes well, I'll share my recipe with you!