Tag Archives: Achocha

Six on Saturday – Summer’s Swansong

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Frogend_dweller

31/08/2019 We are in that time of abundance in the year where there’s still plenty to harvest, pick and admire, but there are also overtones of completion and change. As a former astronomer I hold with summer stretching on till … Continue reading →

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Six on a Saturday – Cosmocracy!

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Frogend_dweller

Well, we’ve had a few dribs and drabs of rain recently and it seems to be cheering the plants up no end. The beans are romping up their canes (and not just the runners!), courgettes are swelling in nice quantities … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Achochas: Echoes of the Incas

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Frogend_dweller

Sources: Book – The Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation Seeds – 3 different Achocha varieties are available from The Real Seed Catalogue  

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Lost in the plot @RHSHydeHall

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Frogend_dweller

Last week we visited Hyde Hall in Essex. Hyde Hall is one of the RHS‘s flagship gardens, but it is in fact a relatively new creation. As recently as 1950 it was just a windswept farm on a bare hilltop. … Continue reading →

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