First thing this morning my greengrocer (aka Jeremy) brought six fat leeks to the kitchen door.  He washed them, I trimmed them and then took them inside to wash them more thoroughly.  They smell ……of fresh leeks!  Now they are cooking in a soup with some of the stored potatoes and the plaited onions and garlic and also roasting in a pan with carrots and jack be little pumpkins, onions, garlic and brussels sprouts.  On top of the stove stored bramleys are stewing with some of the frozen gooseberries and blackcurrants.  Winter is the time to use the dry wrapped and frozen  fruit and veg as well as the “winter larder” outside of roots, leeks, perpetual kale, spinach and tatsoi.