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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in September for:
Cornelian Cherries, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Wild Hops, Blackberries, Elderberries, Damsons, Hazelnuts, Wild Strawberries, Sea Buckthorn Berries, Walnuts
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Tag Archives: crops
Wordless Wednesday – Field Beans in the Borders?
Posted in Food, Wordless
Tagged crops, Farming, Field beans, Gardening, Photography, scented flowers, vicia faba
2 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Linseed: One of the prettiest crops
Posted in Flowers, Sadie, Wordless
Tagged countryside, crops, Farming, Flax, Gardening, Linseed, Linum usitatissimum, Photography
14 Comments
Will you go a-wassailing?
Do you want to ‘wake up’ some apple trees, so that you get a brilliant crop this year? Then you need to go a-wassailing and tonight is the night to do it. Twelfth Night, the evening of 5th January, is … Continue reading
Posted in Drinks, History, Whimsy, Winter
Tagged agriculture, apples, cider, crops, Gardening, good health, Harvest, nature, orchards, perry, productiviy, tradition, Twelfth Night, wassail bowl, wassailing
12 Comments
It’s Raining Walnuts ….
If you are lucky enough to have a walnut* tree in your garden or, perhaps even better, if you know someone who has a walnut tree in their garden (they are pretty large trees after all), now is the time … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Nature, Trees
Tagged crops, delicious, English walnut, fresh, Gardening, Harvest, Juglans regia, Persian walnut, Walnuts, wet walnuts
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – 29/07/2015 – Summertime, an’ the livin’ is easy
Posted in Nature, Plants, Wordless
Tagged crops, Fenland, Harvest, Oats, ripe, Ryle telescope, Summertime
6 Comments
Bumbling towards summer
Yesterday I was planting out some of the flowers and vegetables bursting from their modules in the greenhouse. So I was head down in the borders and beds for much of the day. There was a lot of humming going … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, The home garden
Tagged Bees, Bumblebees, crops, Insects, nature, pollination, Wildlife
2 Comments
