I have not got into the habit of eating Nasturtium and it may be too late for me to start at my age. However my vegetarian children take a different view.

Eating Nasturtium

• The leaves of the nasturtium plant are edible, with a peppery flavour, that can  tossed into salads.
• The flowers make a unique garnish to fresh foods and add a splash of colour.
• The seed pods can be treated like Capers and pickled or used as a crunchy addition to salads.
• For tastiest nasturtium leaves, keep the plants well watered, which helps to moderate the spiciness of the leaves and flowers.
• According to Reneesgarden ..’I prefer to toss them among sweeter greens like butterhead or crunchy Batavian lettuce, rather than with other bitter greens. They add a refreshing bite to a classic potato salad with hard-boiled eggs and a mayonnaise dressing, and pair well with seafood. A handful of the bright colored flower petals are delicious chopped into a shrimp or crab salad sandwich filling, and the whole flowers and leaves make a great garnish for a platter of grilled salmon.’
• You can buy Nasturtium seeds from Thompson & Morgan

Growing Watercress

• Watercress is called Nasturtium Officinale or Nasturtium Microphyllum
• It can be grown in gardens with chalk streams or a good supply of water as  a semi-aquatic plant
• Buy watercress with roots on at your local supermarket
• Watyercress from Thompson & Morgan
• An ordinary bunch placed in a bowl of fresh clean water will develop roots. Discard any that turn yellow or do not root and plant the rest.
• You can grow watercress in a container but keep it well watered.