Growing protein

A lot of what you are hoping to achieve could be helped by getting to know the wild larder around you, I pick the 4 f's fruit, flora, fauna and fungi and know a lot of places within a 5-mile radius of me, and some further afield if I'm after something specific like Porcini/Cep. I'm also lucky to be by the sea, so there are a lot of other good ingredients either for the plate or as mulch for the garden.

I've also started to take over my whole garden now, instead of just the veg beds. I have fruit and herbs in amongst my borders, grow flowers for salads, yet I still feel like I'm barely scratching the surface. I add a few more things every year and mostly they go under the radar with the OH as long as they look pretty. She's not so keen on raspberries as hedging though, she says they are thuggish and keep swamping her hostas. To my knowledge, you can't eat a hosta so I don't pay too much heed.